Raising Leaders Blog
10 Safety Trips For Traveling With Children
When children are raised to be leaders for life, we get the opportunity to prepare our children to travel and to change their worlds. Here are 10 safety tips you will want to teach your child before they take flight! Practice these next time you take a vacation. ...
Actions Speak Louder than Words
"Well done is better than well said." ~ Benjamin Franklin Do you remember when someone disappointed you? They probably did not follow through with their actions. They said one thing and did another. I remember it like yesterday. My neighbor promised to make me a...
Building Lifelong Friendships – The Art of Intentional Communication
From the moment I met him, I knew I wanted Scott for a friend. Over the next 20 years I intentionally communicated with him and we built our friendship to the point where I’m almost certain we share a brain. I have no doubt that he and I are lifelong friends. A...
Learning to Listen – 6 Ways to Practice Listening Skills with Your Child
Have you ever heard someone close to you say, “I’m fine,” looked deeply into their eyes, and known that was a blatant lie? When we truly listen, we get to see the real pain in our loved one’s lives. When we see it clearly, we can do something about it. When we really...
Can You Guess What I’m Feeling? The Power of Body Language
We’ve all had a similar experience. You walk through the grocery store, grab a few items, and head to the checkout. The cashier asks blandly how you are. You say “I’m good, thanks, how are you?” and the answer is, “fine,” but you know that’s a lie. Their facial...
The Territory Between Our Ears – Self-Talk
Do you remember when you where little and the flood of self doubt came rushing through your head? The bounding of your little heart, the sweat you noticed pooling in the palm of your hand? Or maybe the first time you fell in love and wanted to ask that special someone...
Helping Your Child Be Aware of Positive & Negative Peer Pressure
Have you ever heard that “You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with?” Motivational speaker, Jim Rohn, famously made this statement. It relates to the law of averages, which is the theory that the result of any given situation will be the...
Personal Presentation Starts With Us
I was traveling the other day and I was on the tram to pick up my car when I saw a very loving dad and his son. They were both wearing the same style jacket and shoes, both sitting in the same posture. Same hairstyle, same body type, even their facial expressions were...
Boundaries: Four Worthwhile Discussions To Have With Young People
Did you ever share your room with your siblings, and in a fit of frustration take blue painter tape and put a line right down the middle, standing on the other side with your hands on your hips? Or did you have a playhouse or tree house and kept that “space” a secret?...
Confidence In Action Makes Dreams Possible
We recognize confidence in our children when we see them make a choice and follow through with action. We couldn't be more proud than when they realize they made a wrong choice, and are secure enough in their identity to learn from their mistake, move on, and make a...
Feeling Another Person’s Feelings
The blog this week is by guest Annette K. Lynch, former senior manager of coaching excellence and sport education with Special Olympics North America, and coach in junior high, high school, NCAA Division II and Division I plus Special Olympics. When asked to write...
Helping Your Children Change Their Attitudes
Wrestling with Feelings First: I love the movie “Inside Out”. I learned a lot about myself watching this Pixar movie for children. I thought it would be a good idea for my teenage daughter as she and I had a Mother-and-daughter date night. I thought I would be...
5 Ways to Teach Resilience
What I Learned from Football My Dad loved to play football. I was about 7 years old when I really started to become pretty good at it because my dad and I played football every weekend. I remember when he threw the ball at me, it would hit me right in the chest. I...
Work-Life Balance: Kids Need It Too
My daughters have always had a way of keeping me on my toes—especially in the fourth grade. Let me explain. My husband and I have always made it clear to all of our daughters that we have academic expectations for all of them, and their best effort was certainly one...
Sculpting Confidence in Children
Imagine if our kids walked boldly throughout their lives with assurance, knowing that everything they need to succeed is already within them! What an incredible future our society would have. The truth is that many of us adults walk around on a daily basis fighting...
Identity Through A Telescope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DxqCRuF0C0 Every child goes through different stages of development in their life. As parents, it is extremely important to see these stages of growth as opportunities. We must see them asgolden opportunities to equip our...
