The week’s task — three SACAs.
A SACA is a Self-Assigned Captain’s Action — you pick it, you own it, you ship it. Each takes 20–30 minutes, and any one completes the week — do all three if you want to go deeper. Open the PDF for the print version; the full text lives here too.
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WEEK 5 · SACA 1
3 Questions for the Dinner Table
Ask one tonight. Listen. Don't fix.
Most dinner conversations die at "how was your day?" because the kid has already answered that 47 times this month. Today: three age-appropriate questions per child, generated, then deployed.
Action checklist
- Open Claude. Give it each kid's age and one thing they're into.
- Ask for 3 questions per child that go beyond surface — but aren't interrogations.
- Pick ONE per kid. Use one tonight.
- When they answer, don't correct. Don't redirect. Listen. Ask one follow-up.
CAPTAIN'S NOTE
A father who only asks about grades and chores becomes the manager of his home, not the dad of his children.
SCRIPTURE SIT
Deuteronomy 6:6–7 — "You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house." The dinner table is the house.
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WEEK 5 · SACA 2
Run the Monthly Family Survey
A recurring pulse-check on the people you're leading.
You measure what you lead. Once a month, ask the crew how the home is really doing — the same few questions — and let AI surface the pattern. A captain who asks is one who hears the matter before he answers.
Action checklist
- Build 4–5 survey questions with Claude (How's home? What's hard? What do you need from Dad?).
- Set a recurring monthly trigger — same day each month (Calendar event or a Habitify habit).
- Collect answers — written or verbal. Paste them into Claude: "What's the one thing my family is telling me?"
- Act on the one thing before the next survey.
MONTHLY, NOT NEVER
The survey only works on a rhythm. Set it to recur now — the month you 'remember to' is the month you won't.
SCRIPTURE SIT
Proverbs 18:13 — "He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly." The survey is how you hear.
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WEEK 5 · SACA 3
Write Your Family AI Policy
Built with the kids. What AI is for. What it never replaces.
If you have a guardrail for yourself (Week 1.T1) you need one for the household. Build it WITH the kids — old enough to read, old enough to help.
Action checklist
- Gather the kids old enough to participate. 15 minutes max.
- Three questions, on paper:
- What is AI helpful for in our home?
- What is AI NOT for in our home?
- What's the rule if someone breaks it?
- Have the oldest write the policy. Parents add nothing — only ask questions.
- Sign it. Post it on the fridge next to the rhythm asset.
WHY WITH THE KIDS?
A rule the kids helped write is one they'll defend. A rule you dictate becomes one they sneak around.
SCRIPTURE SIT
Proverbs 22:6 — "Train up a child in the way he should go." Including the way he uses tools.
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