As I grow older and read about skills I wished I’d learned as a child – that of emotional regulation, decision making, people skills and leadership…
…I’ve always pondered about how such vast amounts of time, resources and efforts are placed into knowledge transfer at schools… with us assuming our kids will pick up the “soft skills” along the way. 💔
If you, like me, are a parent who wants to raise resilient kids, I believe there’s more we can do. ❤️🩹
About a week ago, after grieving over how our kids are spending more and more time in school away from us, I decided to apply the principle of “The Slight Edge” (by Jeff Olson), on our kids.
That with little, do-able everyday efforts done consistently over time, the impact on their lives can be TREMENDOUS. 🧨
Every single day, I have a choice- to spend a small amount of time (even 5 minutes!) being FULLY present, FULLY intentional with them, or to let that slip by. Every day, strangely, it feels insignificant, whether I do it or not.
I decided to challenge myself to spend 10-15 minutes of undistracted time with them every day focused on teaching them a life skill, a “soft skill” (we should stop calling it that), a skill that would help them think, make wise decisions, bounce back from setbacks and lead a more resilient, kinder, more reflective life.
This was my first lesson, that started us on a daily journey of 10-minute nuggets. 💎
Did you enjoy this? If you’d like to see me share more of these lessons that I bring my kids through (I’m experimenting and learning too), would you drop a 💛 in Comments and tag a parent-friend or two who might benefit from this too? Based on the response, ill know whether/how much more to share on my IGS in time to come 💛
💛thank you, friends, for journeying with us💛