39. Raising Loving Leaders

Every day a new page of history is written.  Are we teaching our children how to ✅examine it, ✅respond to it, ✅be impacted by it, ✅lead others through it, ✅LEARN FROM IT?  No one would argue with the fact that 2020 has been an unprecedented collection of new days of history.  Are we engaging our children in the treasured task of being shaped by history and simultaneously shaping it?  I want my kids to be leaders in tomorrow's pages of the past. If we want them to be effective, loving leaders, NOW is the time to take our role seriously.Click here to go to Val's blog post on this episode, which contains all the links to Resources for You and Your Family as you Become a Social Studies FamilyWe’ve all heard the quote by Winston Churchill saying, "Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it."   I would suggest that when we hear that quote we often fail to pay attention to one key phrase, “LEARN FROM” – "Those that fail to LEARN FROM history, are doomed to repeat it.” Reading some facts in a textbook about a past event, cramming lots of those facts into our brain while we study for a test, and then quickly forgetting those facts, that is not LEARNING FROM history. That is more like window shopping through history – taking a shallow little scenic tour but not going in and          experiencing it, allowing it to impact our perspective, shape our worldview, affect our decision-making, form our character,and compel us to lead others toward truth and good deeds.These are the things that I want history, including current history-in-the-making to accomplish for my kids.Well, my friends, I tell you all that to explain why I brought a history guy onto the podcast this week. It’s because I believe that LEARNING FROM history with our children is an important part of intentional parenting to build strong kids who become strong leaders who shape history.  At the end of this blog post, be sure to use the link to a FREE 90 Day Membership to the Notgrass History resources site!Can we have a heart to heart right now? In recent days,  a series of tragic racial scenarios emerged in the news followed by peaceful protests and  dangerous, destructive riots, yet the interview fits perfectly with this important time.These current events, that have been heavy on all of us, are reshaping mWays to give to support the Practically Speaking MOM MinistryCash App: $valPSMPaypal: [email protected] with a creditcard HEREAll donations will be used for the ministry. Gifts are NOT tax deductible. THANK YOU for partnering in this ministry to strengthen families and encourage intentional moms.Visit Val's website: PracticallySpeakingMOM.comJoin Val's Facebook Group Intentional Mom, Strong FamilyFollow Val on Instagram and her Facebook Public Page Practically Speaking MOM