Mother and Daughter Workshop Activities Ages 10-18 - Ecorse,MI

I think that age range is way too wide. The 10 yr olds are in a different place maturity wise to be in a group with 18 yr olds. Many 18 yr olds would not be interested.

It is not something we would be interested in, especially with a group of women we don't know.

I do feel strongly that it is important to have special bonding time with children. Over the years, we have done a lot of activities which promote bonding......mani/Pedi's, spa day, shopping, lunches, workout, etc. It is something that we incorporate regularly into our schedules.

Now that my daughter is 19 and moved out to her condo about 20 minutes from me, we make a point to do lunch at least once a week with a little shopping or we meet and workout together.

We are texting queens and we keep our phones hot texting each other all the time.

ETA: We've also done mom/daughter trips to NY and FL

I would not have a workshop for such diverse ages. The things that a 10 year old likes to do are very different from what an 18 year old likes to do, and few 18 year olds are going to want to be at a workshop that includes 10 year olds.

I think you'll get more responses if you provide more details, like the ages of the girls, how large is the group, what kind of budget, etc.
We did some mother daughter things in Girl Scouts, but they were more socially oriented (tea party, photo/craft activities, hiking, etc.)

We did a mom-daughter weekend once with girls about the same age. We had a session on discovering eachother's love language (and also about dads and siblings) and how best to communciate with eachother based on that. We broke into table groups (8-10 people per table) and did skits of scenarios based on before & after understanding love languages. Each table had some people who were happy to do the skit, others in the writing of the skit, etc. No one felt pressue to get up in front of the room if they didn't want to. We also did games based on the Newlywed game concept. How well do you know your mom or daughter. They also had a craft time - and there were a few options from very basic to highly artistic. (beading necklaces or bracelets or making suncatchers, etc.)

I forgot - we had a scavanger hunt too - a team was two or three moms and their kids. Some of the things to get/do involved getting a video or photo (with smart phones that's easy). Some of the things: get a pen with a company name on it, get a take-out menu not from a chinese restaurant, take a photo of a family, take a photo of someone walking a dog, partaking in a sport (playing tennis, etc.) take a video of your group acting out a swat team scene, get a shell that's not a clam shell (our area has many beaches), take a photo of graffiti, etc. Surprizingly the girls came up with where to go and what to do and the mom drove. We had an amzing time with that!

Have fun!

I have seen this done.
The best ones were when mom/daughters did something together. Like had a spa day or went canoeing or something low-key (i.e. no potential fighting) and fun.

The moms had to (forgive me!) step out of the mom role and put the mom card away for the session. No giving orders or telling her how to do her hair or what clothes were appropriate, etc. The daughters had to stop being the child in the relationship. It was definitely a switch, but it helped shift these women (the daughters were teens) to see how the other coped and pushed them closer to a healthy adult mother/daughter relationship.

Hope this helps!