How does understanding strengths improve family relationships? Why should we be more intentional about teaching our children to use their strengths? Understanding that your child’s talents are recurring and consistent patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior will help you teach them how to process the world around them.
Four Talent Themes
Relating talents
Impacting talents
Striving talents
Thinking talents
Points to Ponder
Strengths need to be discovered and developed.
Weakness need to be understood and managed.
You and your child will do less comparing and more celebrating.
Does your child wonder about their world? Is there a vision for your family that your child can hold onto? Sally Clarkson and I discuss how to make your family thrive by awakening wonder in your home.
About Sally Clarkson
Sally Clarkson is a best-selling author, world-renowned speaker, and beloved figure who has dedicated her life to supporting and inspiring countless women to live the story God has for them to tell.
Sally has been married to her husband, Clay, for 40 years. Together, they founded and run Whole Heart Ministries, an international ministry seeking to support families in raising faithful, healthy, and loving children in an increasingly difficult culture.
Sally has four children, Sarah, Joel, Nathan, and Joy, each exceeding in their own fields as academics, authors, actors, musicians, filmmakers, and speakers.
Sally lives between the Mountains of Colorado and the rolling fields of England and can usually be found with a cup of tea in her hands.
Do your words roll off your tongue and land in a tender place of your child’s heart or do they wound their spirit? Words have power, so using them carefully will help you strengthen your relationship and reduce conflict. It’s not always what you say, but what others hear that matters. You can build relationships by monitoring your mouth!
Do you find yourself getting angry more than ever before? Did you know anger follows fear? While these are God-given emotions, they don’t have to control our reaction to others or God. Joël Malm author of Love Slows Down joins me to discuss how to respond to the patterns of anger in a Biblical way. Listen in for tips on how to respond to anger and disappointment.
Thoughts on How to Respond to Anger and Disappointment
Pattern of anger types
Consult anger
Reframe situation
“Anger isn’t a sin. Anger is a sign.”
Joël Malm
About Joël Malm
Joël Malm is the founder of Summit Leaders where he uses outdoor adventure and leadership coaching to help people find their calling and pursue a vision for their lives. His expeditions have taken him around the world to places like Mt. Kilimanjaro, Grand Canyon and Machu Picchu. He has traveled in over seventy countries on six continents and speaks three languages. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and an M.S. in Counseling.
He speaks at churches, conferences, and corporate events around the country and is the author of Vision Map (Moody Press, 2014), Fully You, and Love Slows Down (Salem/Regnery, 2020) and Guided by Thunder.
He and his wife Emily and daughter Elise currently live in Texas.
Where is your child going to school? Will it be public, private, or homeschooled? You aren’t alone. Millions of parents are making hard decisions about back-to-school plans. Are you struggling with the transition from school to homeschool? In this episode, I share what I’ve learned from being in the education field for thirty years. If homeschooling is your choice, this episode is for you!
The public school system was designed to teach the masses, not to meet the individual needs of your child. Homeschooling allows education to be unique to your family and each of your children. A teacher in the international baccalaureate program explained to me that she has to teach to the middle, which is to the detriment of the struggling and gifted learners.
Have you heard of the drive for quality education? Quality education for every child is the goal of public school. That’s not what I wanted for my kids. I want a superior education for my children!
If you were doing school at home during the pandemic, you’ll find that homeschooling is very different. You’re in the driver’s seat when it comes to homeschooling. If you’re choosing to transition from school to homeschool this year, here are my tips.
Considerations for Each Grade Span
Elementary School
Keep a loose, flexible schedule, but do develop a rhythm or routine so your child knows what to expect. Kids at this age do not need to sit in their seats for 8 hours a day. A couple of hours is usually sufficient. A mixture of activities and seatwork during their day works best for little learners. At this age, it’s really about learning to love learning. Be sure to manage your expectations and refrain from copying the public school where they are working with 30 kids at a time.
Middle School
This age group is all about a slow transition into time management and longer periods of learning. Creating reasonable routines is essential. Hormones are kicking in and changing. Their brain development is increasing especially in logic and reasoning skills. This is a great time to do brain benders and riddles. There is still freedom to pivot and a need for flexibility. Change as needed to cultivate creativity, adventure, exploration, and innovation. Children are born curious, and the goal is to help them retain that curiosity.
High School
As you move into high school, the goal is to Increase independent learning and self-management skills. Students need life skills training at this age. How is your child wired? What is your child interested in? You get to develop a plan to meet those needs and interests. Your student needs a teacher to teach new concepts and skills, but learning to learn is still critical during these years.
Have you felt fearful lately? Do you want to speak up but know what to do? As Christians, how can we starve the fear that is taking over our country? If you are afraid, you’re not alone. Millions of people feel the same way you do. Want to know how you can stop living in fear?
How Can You Stop Living in Fear?
In this episode, Heidi St. John and I talk about what’s happening across America and how you can stop living in fear and start living boldly. We dive into how you can make a difference, and challenge you to take off the blanket of fear.
About Heidi St. John
Heidi St John has delighted tens of thousands of readers through her blog, her Facebook page, her seven books, and now Faith That Speaks, where she is leading women through a continuing online Bible Study and relationship building as they all #getoffthebench and #ontothebattlefield together. Her transparent style and her rich sense of humor combine to draw her readers into what feels like a very personal conversation over a cup of coffee.
