Decide (with your spouse or partner, if applicable) what your family priorities are. They may change from one month to the next, but it helps to have a manageable number of things to get done. Try to let go of the unimportant things. Include your older children in the discussions once you and your partner are in agreement; they, too, have needs and priorities that should be included in the family plan.
	Break down household chores and decide who does what. Posting a schedule or chore chart can help family members to remember what their responsibilities are. Children's chores may be connected to their privileges. It helps if everyone in the family feels a sense of teamwork and that "we are all in this together."
	Set up a schedule of what gets done when during the week. Example: Food Shopping - Tues and Fri Laundry - Wed and Sunday nights Paying Bills - Saturday Family Day - Sunday
	Keep a family calendar with everyone's appointments and activities on it, where everyone can see it.
	Set aside time for just you and your partner to spend together.
	Set aside daily time to spend with each child alone, even if it is just ten or fifteen minutes a day to hear about their day and discuss problems and concerns they may have or things that are special and exciting to them. Individual attention is very important to keep communication open between parents and children; it is particularly important around times of change in routine, adding new family members, or other major changes.
	Make lists of things to do and update them frequently.