Family Problem Solving Step 1. Generate possible solutions - brainstorm Get children's solutions first. Go for variety and quantity. Keep going until all ideas are on the table. Accept all solutions without judgment.
Evaluation comes later.
Write all solutions down so you can remember them Step 3. Evaluate solutions Examine the list and eliminate ideas that are crazy, dangerous, too expensive, impossible to achieve or maintain and so on. The best solution is the one that is most acceptable to you and your kids. There is no one correct solution. Keep testing the remaining solutions against your kids' feelings.