need help in posing family portraits

Hey guys, i'll be shooting 2 family portraits this long weekend.

A family with 1 - nine-year-old daughter and a family with 1 - 3-year-old boy and a new born baby.

I need ideas in some good poses.

Can anyone post a link or give me some pointers?

Thanks heaps

A lot depends on the setting. Is this in a home? Outdoors? On a background?

Regardless of what you do, what you are after is a certain geometry in your photo made out of heads. With two people you want a diagonal line. One being half a head higher than the next generally looks nice. With three people an inverted triangle looks nice as does a stair step. With four a diamond, etc. And try not to put any two heads on the same horizontal or vertical plane. As your group gets larger you can resort to repeated patterns of triangles. Here are some examples (not mine)
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https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com …LOgbaBqOsQ_tCDa​ln0q_0-mdg
https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com …X4Go7KgkWJ_u0Bo​rLhSf_mDVr
https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com …d9RTTJ8OUs628Fn​AvQKkMswGw
https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com …mzYqe87Jt5raKSn​coFhshkL6g

Another thing to try to do is keep the bodies from facing the camera straight on. It makes people look heave, unflattering, and it screws up composition. Instead, try to keep the bodies at a 45 degree angle off the camera axis. Overlap works well with the edge of the shoulder at the center of the chest of the person behind them. Consider these two shots:
https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com …f8fWaNLzVhzrbFv​7XzUxSfYOm
https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com …lMYjEbfZs7PXfPi​rr8ro3xbp6

Of course you could always have some fun like this: https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com …koyQxG3uB7-9mIlGEh9lFdyZ4

Or you can tell a story like this: https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com …ItU2OTLEWu0bAwN​5Q0UpJk_8i

Also, one last thing. It generally looks best if heads have a very slight tilt and those tilts should lead into the center of the composition or the center of your shape rather than away from it or leading out of the frame.

Granted these aren't hard and fast rules. Just some guidelines for some nice, clean, group portraits.

It'll be outdoors.

Oh, this is too good!! thanks for the generous info.