A Collection Introduction | The Story Teller | The Chief Fun Officer | The Work Ethic Creator | The Imaginationer | The Sportsmanshipper | The Parenter I was lucky to have excellent parents who worked hard to raise me and my siblings the best they could. The things that I mention from the Unwritten ParentContinue reading “Parent Role 6- The Parenter”
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Parent Role 5- The Sportmanshipper
The art of winning and losing. It’s hard to teach, painful to watch someone experience, but at the end of the day it’s an incredibly important skill for everyone to learn.
Parent Role 4: The Imaginationer
Being able to use your brain in imaginative ways helps with problem solving, creating experiences, and even creating result goals.
Parent Role 3: The Work Ethic Creator
A Collection Introduction | The Story Teller | The Chief Fun Officer | The Work Ethic Creator | The Imaginationer | The Sportsmanshipper | The Parenter I consider myself and my wife to be hardworking people. I very much like that quality about ourselves. When I mentally went through the Unwritten Parent Manual my parentsContinue reading “Parent Role 3: The Work Ethic Creator”
Parent Role 2: The CFO or the Chief Fun Officer
A Collection Introduction | The Story Teller | The Chief Fun Officer | The Work Ethic Creator | The Imaginationer | The Sportsmanshipper | The Parenter Fun is universally relatable. Joking, tickling, playing, anything that generates laughter just had to be a pillar of the Watkins house. Having fun and being happy are positive winningContinue reading “Parent Role 2: The CFO or the Chief Fun Officer”
Parent Role 1- The Story Teller
One of the first chapters in the unwritten Parent Manual passed on from my parents was the art of story telling.
The Unwritten Parent Manual- An Introduction
In place of the parent manual I did not get at the hospital, I had this from my parents…