Family Friday: Please 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 the 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 most of the time it felt like a correction facility to be honest.

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 share 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 those stories shape your children's futures.

See you next Friday,
Finley


Helping parents create a family and wealth that will last a lifetime.

After working as a pastor for 20 years, I am convinced that the most influential people in our entire culture are parents of 3-13 year olds. My wife and I were young parents and counted on the wisdom and stories of others to stay in the game. That's why this newsletter exists. In my role as an investment advisor today I know that wealth is not a number but a way of life. I believe that families should not be asset rich and relationally poor. If you want to talk more about how I can help your family with multi-generational investment planning, let's connect.

 

Finley Robinson · Investment Advisor

Power-Decade Parenting

Helping propel moms & dads of 3 to 13 year-olds to invest in their power-decade of parenting. Father of 3 teenagers and pastor of 20 years turned digital writer.

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