I really thought I'd have my life together by this point and have "it all figured out."
Anyone else feel like they're still living in an early chapter of life despite being in their 30s?
For me it's more like deciding to learn how to play the piano, researching keyboards best for beginners that I can get today, buying it, getting an app with a one year subscription because "I'll definitely still be using it," but now I'm over it because I saw a rabbit.
Life really does move so fast. You're out partying with friends, staying up late, and eating and drinking everything you want.
Then you wake up one day and water gives you heartburn, you sneeze your back out, and you're yelling at the birds to stop eating your grass seed.
Man I just put together a small trampoline for my 3 yo and it took more time to put all the netting up than the actual trampoline.
Kids these days will never know what it’s like to backflip on the trampoline with the added excitement of almost falling off.
If you are relying on school to teach your children to be a successful adult you will be sadly, sadly disappointed.
A parent’s job does not end when your child goes to school. Teach them these skills and more.
Teach them about your family, tell them stories, read with them, let them help you, let them make their own mistakes. Make it fun and interesting to them. Give them the gift of a hunger for knowledge.
It is not school’s job to train your children. It is your pleasure and responsibility as a parent.
27 skills your kids are NOT being taught in school.
1. Financial literacy
2. Critical thinking
3. How to file taxes
4. Negotiation skills
5. Time management
6. Networking
7. Job interview skills
8. Basic gardening
9. Goal setting
10. Public speaking
11. Home maintenance
12. Car maintenance
13. Basic first aid
14. Mindfulness and meditation
15. Interpersonal communication
16. Conflict resolution
17. Entrepreneurship
18. Self-defense
19. Relationship building
20. Basic cooking skills
21. Real estate basics
22. Retirement planning
23. Basic legal rights
24. Understanding contracts
25. Problem-solving skills
26. Proper nutrition
27. Proper physical fitness
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
It's why Dads are so important.
It's why two-parent households are so important.
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@SaveYourSons Wouldn’t trade the pitter-patter, “I love you dada,” snuggles, hugs, kisses, or even the crying and screaming over cup colors for any of that. There’s nothing like the love of and for a child.
Faith is passed on generationally through these three steps:
1. A father develops a growing love for God
2. That father creates and deepens a heart connection with each of his children.
3. Then that father authentically and frequently expresses what is going on in his heart toward God in front of his children.
This process will set your kid’s hearts
on fire for the faith of their father.