Family Calendars: Friendly Tools for Juggling Schedules

It happens all the time: while at work, your spouse accepts an invitation for your family to attend a barbeque. Turns out, it's at roughly the same time as your son's basketball practice, overlaps with your daughter's dance recital, and you'll be recovering from having your wisdom teeth pulled. Sound familiar?

Running a family is a lot like running a business - it takes teamwork, organization and dedication. But when everyone has numerous places they have to be and deadlines they need to meet, how can anyone possibly stay on top of things? More and more, people just like you are turning to family calendarsto help manage their family's time.

Advantages of a Family CalendarThe advantages of utilizing a family calendar are many. Start by assigning each family member their own color code so they'll know at a glance what's on the agenda each day. Besides tracking events, family calendars can also be used to keep track of upcoming tests or assignment due dates, chores, doctor appointments, carpool duties, travel dates and much, much more. Of course a family calendar will also let you see at a glance when you can actually schedule a family night.

Online Family CalendarsOne of the great benefits of using an online family calendar is that you can check your family's schedule from any computer that has an Internet connection - and let's face it, most of us are on a computer countless times each day. So if you're not sure whether you can accept an invitation for yourself or your family, all you need to do is access your online calendar  to check availability for you or your family. That means you'll avoid double-booking appointments or outings and avoid missing important dates. Of course, you can always print it out when you feel you need to have a copy with you.

A family calendar is an invaluable tool for scheduling appointments for you and your family and for keeping everyone's lives organized and running smoothly.