Foundations count

What are your family values that are guiding your children? What are the non-negotiables in your family that you won't compromise on? I encourage you as a family to have a special meal together and talk about what every member of the family feels and thinks are the family values and non-negotiables. You may be in for a surprise!! Then, all together, agree on the non-negotiables and family values that you will all hold on to together. Write them up and place a copy of them where everyone can see them.

The world is in your hands.

You impact the world around you every day. Just by stopping to say hello to someone who is lonely can change that person's world for a moment. How have you impacted the world today? I encourage you to make it a topic at your evening meal time. Ask everyone to share how they have impacted other people's lives today in a positive way.

Fun and memories.

Families need to have fun together and enjoy themselves. As parents, our role is to help our family laugh, be crazy, have fun, be adventurous and do outrageous things - at appropriate times of course! These times help to create a sense of stability and security for your children as part of your family. Memories come from these times plus the hard times. Children need these memories to look back on. They help bond the family together. What 'fun' thing have you done with your family today?

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Welcome to my blog on Raising your kids to be world changers. Even before our kids are born, we have high hopes for them:

1. That they would be healthy.

2. That they would be a success in life whatever that looks like (for me it was that they would have a great job they loved, married with kids & contribute to society).

3. That we would have a positive family system where the kids would love us & enjoy spending time with their siblings & with us.

4. That they would make a positive difference in the world.

The list goes on.

The last twenty years of raising kids have seemed to race by and I enjoy stopping every now and then and re-evaluating how we are going in our parenting and raising these world changers. Personally, I dislike it intensely when any parents rave about how special their kids are. Every child is special and has the potential to make a huge difference in the world.

Some kids have a head start. Some kids have a ‘leg-up’ so to speak because of who their parents are or the opportunities they are exposed to because of money etc. How can I best help my kids be who they were created to be and to achieve their potential?

This website and blog have been created out of a desire to share the journey we are on as a family. Please join us as we navigate through life, with all it’s ups & downs, as we do our best to raise children who will impact the world around them.

My hope is that each week there will be one thing that you will be able to “take away” as a family to try in your life, to see what difference it makes to your family.

Looking forward to enjoying the journey with you.

Jane

PS I have just set up a ‘buy me a coffee’ page to help with creating resources. If you would like to donate, here is the link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/garyandjanM Thanks.

Raising World Changers

Raising children to impact the world