We gave ourselves a homework assignment – huddle up with our partners and our kids and write a little family manifesto. How simple! How fun! How sweet! LOL. Turns out it might be a bit trickier than our rosy idealism pictured. Today, we share the ragged and the spectacular parts of the experience, offer up the manifestos we made, and brainstorm what we want to try next time.

Tune In to Hear Up Talk About:

🌟 The stakes of manifesto writing that tripped us up from the start.

🔍 What the process of this project revealed to us about ourselves and our families.

🎵 The part of the creation process when Rebekah's family really got on board.

📜 Manifestos as a living breathing document.

🧠 A juicy brainstorm of different manifesto mediums to try.

📋 Caitlin's mini workshop on the purpose of a manifesto and how to approach making one.

Mentioned In Today's Episode:

Listen to Rebekah's family's manifesto here.

Our conversation with S. Bear Bergman

And his book – Special Topics in Being a Parent: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned About Parenting, Mostly the Hard Way

Caitlin always recommends using Lisa Congdon's Values Deck to kick off a manifesto draft.

The manifesto workbook Caitlin uses in their workshops (attached below!)

As Always:

Check out Caitlin and Rebekah's Book Shop! Here you can find every book mentioned in our episodes, as well as a few additional faves.

Use this link to get a 25% discount on a PokPok subcription! And if you haven't listened yet, check out our interview with PokPok creators, Esther and Melissa.

We would love to hear from you! What questions do you have about manifesto writing? What sounds daunting or exciting about them? If you end up trying this, let us know how it goes! Ragged, spectacular, or anything in between – all parts are welcome.

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