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Meals (Weekday Dinner)
Definition
If you have never CPE’d dinnertime in a family with kids (particularly young ones), then no words can really do justice to this nightly circus. The ringleader plans a weekly menu, consults the “groceries” cardholder to have the ingredients at home, then cooks, ensures that the food actually gets eaten, and ideally uses this forced family time to have “quality” conversations about everyone’s day. Men: Kudos to you if cooking is one of your domestic contributions, but that’s just one word on this doozy of a card. Hero status isn’t awarded for just pulling out a frying pan.
Conception
Your family needs to eat dinner
Planning
- Menu planning/recipe selection
- Making lists of items needed (give to “Groceries” cardholder with appropriate amount of time or purchase yourself)
Execution
- Cooking/preparing
- Serving
- Putting dishes in sink for “Dishes” cardholder
Minimum Standard of Care
Is your family fed a reasonably nutritious meal during the appropriate time window for each meal.