Family Facilitator Gifts

"This man is a wonderful primary-care husband."

Children at a 'Parental guidance vending machine'

"Shall we start with an icebreaker?"

Inclusive speech

Shadow Puppet Bunny Threatened By Shadow Hawk

'Complete sentences?? Jeez, how verbose can you get?'

Networking

The Importance of Planning Thoroughly in Advance

'All those in doubt, raise your eyebrows.'

"His name is James Tom Dave Jon Lee Robert Glenn Joseph Tony Sam Barnes. We didn't want to hurt any relatives' feelings by not naming him after them."

"This isn't the big city anymore, Jim. I'm the facilitator now."

"This is the communications workshop, right? Let’s get started, I’m prepared!"

'I thought people were quite receptive to the change seminar.'

The first week of the brainstorming session went slowly.

'Come on, Walter, you're wasting out time! Stop using complete sentences!'

"You're wondering why I've called you here."

"I can't party like I used to, I've got enough Tupperware"

Parent Involvement Tip #1

How to engage an audience

"You'll hear from my lawyer."

"Teddy, you call this a 'clean room'?"

"Go ask your mother ... and I'll tell you why she's wrong."

'I'm feeling a sense of conclusion here, so let's draw things to a close.'

'He has a very open mind. Everything goes in one ear and out the other.'

Start the session by doing something unusual.

'This training session is all about challenging assumptions. For example you see someone looking depressed, dishevelled, unkempt it's easy to jump to conclusions. But they may not be a social worker, they may be a client!'

Summer Outing Planning

The meeting will start a little late, intelligence is lost in the building somewhere.

"Someday, my dimwitted son, all this will belong to your sister."

As the Chief Corporate Adrenal Gland of the company, Fred's recommendations were rarely a surprise.

'If you ask me, toys are getting far too realistic!'

Excess Baggage: The younger the traveler, the greater the amount of luggage required.

"Apparently it's my fault, somehow, that we have an S.U.V."

"We can't even agree what to argue about any more!"

'I'm NOT being a tattle-tale! -- I'm being a reliable source!'