Family Friday: Don't Stop Telling Stories



Family Friday Newsletter - 1 min read

by: Finley Robinson


A Single Sentence from a Season Ahead

Grace-filled homes recognize that individual growth can take years and leave room for "the imperfect and never finished."


Stories Shape Futures

Kids gravitate towards great stories. So many of them follow The Heroes Journey. Classics like Moana or Toy Story are legendary kids movies because of how well they accomplish this.

Stories in the lives of your kids, end up shaping and molding them. Stories capture their mind and heart. They are big and powerful. They create awe and wonder. They generate hopes and dreams.

Stories aren't only fantasy. They are also the easiest point of leverage that we have to teach and connect with our kids.

Stories are sticky.

We tried to have a story filled home, though more often it felt like a correction facility.

As adults, our lives are directed by the stories we grew up believing in and the the ideas we hold on to today. As parents, the stories we tell our kids reveal what we believe matters.

Think about what you gravitate towards and end up sharing with your 3-13 year old...

Stories of rags to riches.
Stories of compassion.
Stories of toughness.
Stories of friendship.
Stories of adventure.
Stories of ingenuity.
Stories of sacrifice.

The types of people or actions you endorse in your stories are the characteristics your kids will find honorable and repeatable.

The books you read together.
The families you do life with.
The movies you watch together.
The heroes you highlight at dinner.
The characters you choose to cheer for.

Your stories chart a course for your children.

The lesson: choose your stories wisely because your stories shape your children's futures.

See you next Friday,
Finley


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