How to get your kids to grow in important ways this year

Are you a New Year's resolution kind of person? Do you make goals at some point for your kids and your family life, or do you mostly go with the flow? I haven’t always written down my family goals, but I do tend to be goal oriented-I find I get stuff done more when I have time to gather my thoughts, hopes, and dreams, and write them down. Sometimes they just live in my head and I veer my actions toward them instinctively, and sometimes they live in my head and just annoy me because I do nothing about them. 

Goals are signposts. If our actions repeatedly line up on the road the goals are pointing to, we form habits that help us achieve the goal. For example, we might have a goal to exercise 3 times a week this year.  We join the YMCA. Then we go once-it takes a huge amount of motivation because it is unfamiliar and takes extra time. We go again because it felt good.(repeated actions, forming a habit)  Pretty soon we are carving out time 3 times a week, and it is a good habit in our lives helping us achieve the goal of lifelong fitness, specifically exercising 3X/week. 

What goals do you have for your kids and family this year? 

• To grow their passion for reading
• To grow their love for art and creativity
• To be kind and happy human beings
• To love learning
• To connect with other families
• To know and love God

If you answered “YES!” to any of the above goals, I would love to be your helper in achieving them. This year, one of my goals (along with exercising 3X/week,😜) is to help you by giving you lots of quick parenting tips, art ideas, and booklists this year. 

I’m honored to share the journey with you, friends. You and your families are doing important work raising the next generation. Let’s go with hope and faith into the great adventure of 2023~you are not alone!