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So far, there are many valuable insights and great reminders, but I’m still wanting/waiting for more practical application.

When you are optimistic and positive you can encourage your children. They will be inspired and confident. They will want to be with you. They’ll more regularly seek your opinion and care about your input. They’ll admit when they struggle and ask for help rather than lying and hiding from you.

The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.

When you teach AND coach children, you earn the right to cheer. They resent parents who cheer “you can do it!” When they haven’t helped them “do it.”

Five things in my lifetime I want to: be, do, have, and help.

Learning can only happen when a child is interested. If he’s not interested, it’s like throwing marshmallows at his head and calling it eating. Katrina Gutleben.

Kids who value learning will have a much richer and more successful life. Learning is not just important for children in school. Learning matters forever.

So many good nuggets and suggestions here. I feel newly equipped to have continuing conversations of encouragement and correction with my kids.