Watching your child overcome a challenge and be successful can produce the most joyous feelings in the world. In contrast, seeing them stumble and fall can drop your heart into your stomach.
Preparing our children for the inevitable hurdles of life is a challenge. We want to see them jump each one with ease, but we know they will catch a knee or foot and stumble. Heck, sometimes they will simply forget to jump. However, the true measure of their preparation is not how many or which hurdles they hit, it's how quickly they get up and continue running.
As my children grow, I hope to instill toughness, work ethic, self-worth, confidence, love, kindness, and so much more in them.
To try and capture these ideals, mostly teachings from my father, I have been posting a "lesson" each Saturday. Every now and then, I will compile a few and further expand on the lesson. The first of these Encouragement Articles (5 Lessons For My Children) can be see here:
www.theintentionalfather.com/post/5-lessons-for-my-children
Here are 5 more...
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www.theintentionalfather.com/post/5-more-lessons
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