One shared system for jobs, school, childcare, meals and the mental load
A complete family organiser for working parents and carers: one calendar, one list, a 20-minute Sunday meeting, a fair split of the invisible work, and back-ups for every pick-up, sick day and school holiday.
- An e-book with the full method, from the first hour to a family agreement, for every family shape
- The Family Command Centre workbook: 13 sheets including a mental load inventory with a fairness balance, childcare matrix, holiday gap flags and a dashboard
- 4 fillable forms, 45 scripts for partners, managers, schools and grandparents, and 5 ready-to-send letters
- A four-week set-up calendar, a task board import and 6 colour fridge pages including 18 chore cards
Working Parent Family Organiser · Bodhih Pro Kits · 105 by Bodhih Training, trainers to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
How do working parents organise family life?
Working parents organise family life best with one shared calendar, one capture list and a short weekly family meeting, then by sharing whole responsibilities (noticing, planning, doing and following up) rather than single tasks. The Working Parent Family Organiser from Bodhih Training gives you that system with a workbook, forms, scripts and a four-week set-up plan.
Want the full free guide first? Read How to Organise Family Life as a Working Parent: A Simple System.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
Two calendars and a fridge list
Work lives in one app, school in an inbox, childcare in a text thread. The school trip is discovered at 7.42am, and the argument that follows is always about who said what.
The load nobody sees
One adult notices the shoe sizes, the forms, the renewals and the party replies. The other does plenty of tasks when asked. It looks shared, and it does not feel shared.
Every sick day is a negotiation
A temperature at 6.50am means fifteen minutes to decide who stays home, under pressure, with no rule. The more movable job, or the more guilty parent, usually loses.
School holidays arrive as a surprise
The dates were published a year ago, but the plan starts three weeks before. By then the clubs are full and the popular leave dates are gone.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Imagine next Sunday evening. The children are in bed, the timer is set for twenty minutes, and the shared calendar is open between you. As you walk through the next fourteen days, every drop-off and pick-up gets a name. The Thursday clash, the one that would have surfaced on Wednesday night, is spotted and given to the person who will sort it.
When you open the Family Command Centre for the first time, you fill in the Mental Load sheet alone, then read the Fairness view together. It is not a scorecard. It is a map that lets you move whole items, with all their noticing and remembering, to the person who can own them.
Picture a cold January morning when a child wakes up unwell. Instead of a negotiation, you check the rota, follow the rule you wrote on a calm day, and send the message from the script library before 8. Whether you start with the calendar tonight or the workbook tomorrow, the system grows a little each week until it runs on twenty minutes.
And by the end of the first month you sit down with the Family Agreement and write, on one page, how your household runs: who owns what, how sick days and travel work, and when each adult gets time that is truly theirs.
19 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
Working Parent Family Organiser (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: the family organiser map
The whole system on one page: each step and the file to open, your first hour, and a 30/60/90 day use plan.
Family Command Centre workbook
Thirteen-sheet workbook: settings, family, mental load inventory with fairness balance, two-week planner, childcare matrix with back-ups, holiday cover with gap flags, sick-day rota, activities cost and time, family admin calendar, chores by age and a dashboard.
Sunday family meeting and monthly review
Three-page fillable form: the 20-minute weekly agenda with a 14-day check, capture-list owners and cover plan, plus a monthly review page.
Mental load sharing conversation
Three-page fillable guide for the 45-minute conversation: prepare alone, compare inventories, move whole items with a handover and set a review date.
Childcare gap plan: school holidays and sick days
Three-page fillable plan: holiday cover by week with costs, the sick-day playbook with health contacts and return rules, and the 6.50am decision page.
Flexible working request preparation
Three-page fillable planner: size the request, build the business case, answer your manager's worries, set a fallback and a trial review.
Script library: 45 scripts for partner, manager, school and family
45 ready-to-adapt scripts and messages for partners, managers, teams, schools, nurseries, grandparents, helpers, other parents and children.
Flexible working request and ready-to-send letters
Five letters to adapt: a flexible working request, a follow-up after the meeting, a request to reconsider, a collection permission letter for school and a childcare change notice.
Family agreement (one page)
A one-page agreement for the adults in your household: one calendar, the meeting, whole-item owners, sick-day rule, travel, protected time and review date.
Babysitter and helper info pack
A fill-in pack for grandparents, babysitters, nannies and Plan B parents: contacts, routines, house rules, allergies, collection permissions and what to do if something goes wrong.
Worked example pack: Ama and Dev's family
All four forms and the family agreement shown filled in for one composite family, so you can see what good looks like before you write your own.
AI prompt pack: 26 prompts for working parents
26 tool-agnostic prompts grouped by step of the job, each with what to paste in and what to check before you use the output.
The 20-minute Sunday meeting
The six-step agenda with timings, the five checks before you close, rules that keep it short and the monthly review.
Decision card: say yes, no or swap
Three questions and an if-then table for new clubs, parties, late meetings, trips and offers of help, with words for saying no or swap.
Working-parent mistakes to avoid
Fifteen common mistakes in running a working family, what happens, and what to do instead.
Four-week set-up and Sunday meeting calendar
31 calendar events: a four-week set-up plan, twelve weekly family meetings and a four-week mental load review, each naming the file to open.
Family task board import
25 set-up tasks and sample capture-list items as a CSV ready to import into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira, with owner, due date and minutes.
Fridge planner, school-run card and chore cards
6 colour pages to print: a weekly fridge planner, a holiday countdown, the School-Run Survival Card and chore cards by age band to cut out.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + ICS + CSV + printable PDF
- Files
- 19 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 60 pages
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, GoodNotes, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion
- Best for
- Working parents and carers of babies and young children, in every family shape
Two Calendars and a Fridge List
Why capable adults end up running a family on memory, and the three things to do this week.
One Family Operating System
One shared calendar, one capture list and one weekly meeting, set up in an hour.
Make the Mental Load Visible
The four parts of ownership and an inventory that shows who really carries the noticing and planning.
Share the Load Fairly
A 45-minute conversation that moves whole items, with a handover and a four-week review.
The Sunday Twenty-Minute Family Meeting
A six-step agenda that checks the next 14 days, empties the list and plans cover.
Childcare and School Logistics, with Back-ups
Plan A, B and C for every slot, and how to ask other parents to be your back-up.
Sick Days and School Holidays
A sick-day rule agreed on a calm day and a holiday cover plan with zero gap days.
Work Boundaries, Flexibility and Travel Weeks
How to ask for small adjustments or a formal flexible working request, and how to run travel weeks.
Mornings, Evenings and Meals on Autopilot
The evening-before checklist, a fixed morning order, a launch pad and a fallback dinner.
Activities, Family Admin and Chores by Age
Decide on clubs with numbers, track everything that expires, and give children real jobs.
Every Family Shape: Single Parents, Shift Work, Grandparents and Helpers
How the system bends for single parents, shift workers, helpers, grandparents, foster and adoptive families.
Protect the People Running the System
Couple time, parent rest, the family agreement and how to reset when it slips.
Country Notes on Flexible Work, Family Leave and Childcare
Dated notes for the UK, US, Canada, Australia, India, Singapore, UAE and South Africa.
Your Four-Week Set-Up Plan
The whole set-up broken into four weeks of short sessions.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
E-book
- Working Parent Family Organiser e-book: introduction, 10 chapters, conclusion and 2 appendices (country notes and a four-week set-up plan)
Start here
- 00-Start-Here-Family-Organiser-Map.pdf: the whole system on one page, your first hour and a 30/60/90 day use plan
Spreadsheet
- Family-Command-Centre.xlsx: 13 sheets: Start here, Settings, Family, Mental Load, Fairness, Weekly Planner, Childcare Matrix, Holiday Cover, Sick-Day Rota, Activities, Family Admin, Chores by Age and a Dashboard with a balance chart
Fillable PDF forms
- Sunday-Family-Meeting-and-Monthly-Review.pdf
- Mental-Load-Sharing-Conversation.pdf
- Childcare-Gap-Plan-Holidays-and-Sick-Days.pdf
- Flexible-Working-Request-Preparation.pdf
Word templates
- Script-Library-Partner-Manager-School-and-Family.docx: 45 scripts and messages
- Flexible-Working-Request-and-Ready-to-Send-Letters.docx: 5 letters
- Family-Agreement.docx: one-page household agreement
- Babysitter-and-Helper-Info-Pack.docx: contacts, routines, house rules and collection permissions
- Worked-Example-Pack-Ama-and-Devs-Family.docx: the forms filled in for one composite family
- AI-Prompt-Pack-for-Working-Parents.docx: 26 prompts with what to paste in and what to check
Cheat sheets
- Sunday-Meeting-20-Minute-Cheat-Sheet.pdf
- Decision-Card-Yes-No-or-Swap.pdf
- Working-Parent-Mistakes-to-Avoid.pdf
Calendar and import
- Family-Set-Up-and-Sunday-Meeting-Calendar.ics: 31 events
- Family-Task-Board-Import.csv: 25 tasks for Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira
- Fridge-Planner-School-Run-Card-and-Chore-Cards.pdf: 6 colour pages: weekly fridge planner, holiday cover page, School-Run Survival Card and 18 chore cards
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- You will be able to run one shared calendar, one capture list and a 20-minute weekly family meeting
- You will be able to see the mental load on paper and choose a fair split on purpose
- You will be able to hand over whole responsibilities without reminding or redoing
- You will be able to name a Plan A, B and C for every childcare and school slot
- You will be able to decide sick days by an agreed rule and cover school holidays months ahead
- You will be able to prepare a clear flexible working request with a business case and a fallback
- You will be able to keep activities, family admin and chores under control with simple numbers
- You will be able to protect rest for the adults and write it into a family agreement
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
People who measure before and after improve faster and can show it. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has AI-graded assessments that pair with this kit. Take one now, work through the kit, then re-take it.
Time, Priorities & Focus
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentTask Prioritisation & Planning
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentAssertive Communication Profile for Individual Contributors and Emerging Leaders
Take the assessment →JobularyIf-then plans that make habits stick (Jobulary)
Make it a growth plan →A taste of Chapter 1
One calendar. Every time-bound thing in the family lives in one shared calendar that every responsible adult can see and edit. Work shifts, travel, school events, childcare drop-offs, appointments, birthdays and renewals all go in it. If it is not in the shared calendar, it is not happening. That rule sounds harsh. It is the kindest rule in the book, because it ends the argument about who said what. One capture list. Everything that is not yet a calendar event goes into one shared list: "buy a birthday present for Mia", "fix the bathroom tap", "school wants a costume by Friday", "ring the dentist". Any adult can add to it at any time.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Method | A blank planner page | A tested method: one calendar, one list, one meeting, whole-item ownership |
| Mental load | A chore chart that shares tasks | An inventory of noticing, planning, doing and following up, with a fairness view against your own target |
| Childcare | Not covered | A matrix with Plan A, B and C for every slot, a holiday gap planner and a sick-day rota |
| Work | Generic advice to set boundaries | A request planner, 5 letters and exact words for managers and teams, with dated country notes |
| Family shapes | Assumes two parents and one way of living | Versions for single parents, shift workers, grandparents, helpers, adoptive and foster families |
| Countries | One country's assumptions | Any currency, with dated notes for 8 countries and official sources to check |
Made for you if…
- Two working parents whose calendars keep colliding
- Single parents who need a network of real back-ups
- Parents on shifts, rotas or regular work travel
- Same-sex, adoptive, foster and blended families, and grandparents raising grandchildren
- Parents returning to work who want the system in place first
- Anyone who is tired of being the only one who remembers
Probably not for you if…
- Families looking for pregnancy and newborn planning (see Bump to Baby)
- Anyone wanting legal, medical or tax advice: the kit points you to official sources for those
- Parents who want a single printable calendar and nothing else
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- STEP 3
Open the first tool
Start with the quick-start chapter, then the main spreadsheet or planner. Most buyers use something from the kit the same day.
Twenty minutes on Sunday. One calendar. A fairer week.
Open the start-here map, create your shared calendar and book your first family meeting. Whether you begin with the Mental Load sheet tonight or the Sunday meeting this weekend, you will have one system everyone can see.
Personal licence for the buyer's own use (and use with your own team or clients where the kit says so). Please don't share or resell the files. Team and company licences: solutions@bodhih.com.
The Bodhih family, when you are ready for more
Bump to Baby: The Practical Planner
The pregnancy and newborn planner.
Morning Heroes
Routine cards for ages 3 to 9.
AssessAll
250+ AI-graded assessments to measure skills and earn verified credentials.
Jobulary
Individual development plans that start from evidence and stay yours.
Bodhih Training
Run this topic as a live workshop for your team, in person or online.
Pewple
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Working Parent Family Organiser: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkHow do working parents share the mental load fairly?
Write down every family responsibility and, for each one, who notices it, plans it, does it and follows up. Then move whole items, with all four parts, to the other adult or to your support network, and review after four weeks. The kit's Mental Load and Fairness sheets do the counting for you.
What should be on a weekly family meeting agenda?
Keep it to twenty minutes: a quick check-in, the next fourteen days in the shared calendar, emptying the capture list, food and money, gaps and risks such as sick-day cover, and one small thing for the adults. The cheat sheet and fillable form in the kit give you the timings.
Does the kit work for single parents and shift workers?
Yes. The method works with one adult, using a support network for back-ups and whole-item handovers, and Chapter 10 covers single parents, shift and rota workers, grandparents and helpers. For a complete single-parent system, Bodhih also offers The Single Parent Household Kit.
Do I need Excel?
No. The workbook opens in Excel and Google Sheets. Forms open in any PDF reader such as Acrobat Reader, and the Word files open in Word or Google Docs. The calendar file imports into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar.
Does it cover flexible working rules in my country?
The book teaches how to prepare and make a request anywhere. Appendix A has notes dated October 2026 for the UK, US, Canada, Australia, India, Singapore, the UAE and South Africa, each pointing to the official source. Always check your HR team, contract and the official site before acting.
Is this medical, legal or financial advice?
No. This is educational, practical material about organising family life. For your child's health, feeding, sleep and development, follow your doctor, nurse, health visitor or paediatrician. For employment, tax and childcare rules, check the official source in your country and a qualified professional where needed.
How long does it take to set up?
The first hour gets you a shared calendar, your settings and a booked family meeting. The full set-up is spread over four weeks of 15 to 45 minute sessions, and the calendar file puts each one in your diary.
How can I measure my starting point?
If you want to see where you are today on planning and asking clearly for what you need, try the AssessAll assessments Time, Priorities & Focus, Task Prioritisation & Planning, and the Assertive Communication Profile for Individual Contributors and Emerging Leaders. They pair well with Chapters 4 and 7.
How do I turn this into habits that stick?
Write each new habit as an if-then plan, such as "when the rota is published, I add it to the family calendar that evening". Jobulary's article on if-then plans that make habits stick explains the idea and helps you turn it into a development plan.
Can I share the files with my partner or helper?
Yes, within your household: share the workbook and forms with the other adults in your home, and send the info pack to your babysitters and back-ups. Please don't share or resell the kit beyond your household.
How much does Working Parent Family Organiser cost?
₹999 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $29 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
What software do I need?
Any of the usual tools: Excel or Google Sheets for spreadsheets, Word or Google Docs for templates, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview, Xodo or GoodNotes for the fillable PDFs, and Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar for the calendar plan.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
