We are grateful for the participation we had this week in this semester’s first session of Strategic Dads University. As promised, we wanted to make the outline and resources available to the participants and to all parents.
Here is the outline with highlights and embedded resources.
Being a great parent is similar to being a great leader. Adults and children alike follow a leader who believes in what they are doing, not someone with a list of what to do.
To learn more, check out one of the most watched TED Talks of all time, Simon Sinek’s “How Great Leaders Inspire Action.”
We discussed several helpful quotes and verses that are worth inspiring our family values. Here is a great example from the Bible: “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth” (3 John 1:4). And here’s another from Stephen Covey: “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
Here are some verses and quotes to help:
Also, her are a few example of how some families have made their purpose statements and values into something the entire family can see and celebrate.
Here are some worksheets for the following:
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All based on Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People and Michael Hyatt’s and Daniel Harkavy’s Living Life Forward.
God gives us these responsibilities, and He gives us the help we need to raise our children. When we have put our full trust in Jesus, He covers all of our mistakes and sins in the grace of our Lord and Savior. And, thankfully, His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22–23).
Whether or not you were able to attend the first session, please join us for the rest of our sessions. Here is the schedule:
The next 3 sessions will draw from these three outstanding books. While you don’t need to read them in order to come to the sessions, I highly recommend them:
Howard Graham served as Chaplain at PDS and Executive Director of the Building Boys, Making Men program from 2018-2020.
Building Boys, Making Men is a PDS-created program designed to give boys a godly vision and definition of manhood. We believe that boys should be intentionally taught about authentic manhood and have a biblical framework for making wise and edifying choices during their teenage years and beyond. The definition of manhood we teach our boys:
A real man glorifies God by seeking an adventurous life of purpose and passion as he protects and serves others.
Presbyterian Day School (PDS) is a private, Christian preschool and elementary school serving boys from 2-years-old through 6th grade for almost 75 years.
With our mission of striving to glorify God by developing boys in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man, we take a holistic approach to education, nurturing the heart, soul, mind, and body of each boy.