TAKING FULL CONTROL OF THE PLANNING
Yay…our young people want to get involved in planning the family reunion! However, they’re asking for full control even though they’ve NEVER done any planning before. We don’t want to say okay which seems like we’d be setting them up to fail. We also don’t want to say no. What’s the middle ground so that everybody’s happy.


BILLY VARGUS with THE FIX:
Yes, the middle ground is where you want to be. So you can let the young folks take the lead, but have some oldheads in an advisory capacity. It will naturally develop that as the head of the planning committee starts to get into the weeds, there will be things they didn't anticipate, and they will naturally reach out for someone who has more experience. So many families today have their planning meetings on Zoom, so as long as one or two of the elders are in on the calls, you should be good. Try not to interfere or take over, unless you see they are going in a really problematic direction. Just let them know you are there if needed and wait for them to ask you for help.
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