Your child may be young, but I’m betting you can already see his or her passions and interests, likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses — forming and peeking through — amid the chronological developmental stages.
And another thing: Parenting isn’t just about dealing with the behaviors — it’s about getting into your child’s heart. The folks at Family Matters understand and believe in this wholeheartedly. The passion to lead parents everywhere to discover their children’s hearts helped lead to the creation of Kids Flag Page.
(From Family Matter’s product info page: Consider this to be the operating manual that should have come with each of your kids… But didn’t.)
Family Matters graciously sent our family a Kids Flag Page kit to use with our two children. This kit contains all you need to discover the heart of your children (up to three children):
~ Game Board
~ Instruction Booklet
~ 36 Trait Game Cards
~ 4 Countries of the World Chart
~ Kids Flag Page Book by Dr. Tim Kimmel
~ Supplies for 3 Kids Flag Pages
~ Score Cards
~ Stickers
We sat down on a schedule-cleared evening and helped our children complete the simple steps to creating their own Flag Pages. Since our youngest is 4 and our oldest (nearly 6) isn’t reading well on his own yet, we aided them in the process. In no time at all, we learned what excites our children, what fuels their energy, what they don’t care for, what they believe they’re good at, what they need intrinsically, and much more.
Kids Flag Page will help you:
* Discover the way God uniquely hardwired your children individually and how to best relate to them.
* Find the six key things that motivate your child
* Find out what your children love most about life.
* Connect to the heart of your child.
* Learn the do’s and don’ts of how to motivate, encourage, discipline and help each child succeed in life.
* Learn how to raise your kids in the power of God’s grace.
* Discover how to bring the best out of your strong-willed kids.
There are so many things our family loved about Kids Flag Page:
~ The way the four main personalities are put into the terms of “countries” made it much easier to understand (and more fun).
~ The interactivity of the cartoon-enhanced cards and the matching stickers kept smiles on our kids’ faces and got them involved kinesthetically.
~ The diagram/chart tangibly shows how very well we/you might be raising the world’s next leaders/workers/owner-managers/entertainers/caretakers.
~ The included book tells you how to take what you’ve learned about your kids and apply it — such as how to learn what their motivations really mean, how to raise “your child’s emotional stock value,” and how to apply your knowledge to grace-based parenting.
It was so interesting to see how alike our two children are in many areas, but how vastly different they are in others — and how much sense it all made in regards to certain scenarios we’ve observed in them interacting together!
I highly, highly recommend the Kids Flag Page kit for every family. Doors of communication will open, enigmas will become better understood, and a closer bond will no doubt develop in the process.
If you have more than three children, you can simply order the Kids Flag Page Refill Kit. Adults can also use the Kids Flag Page…or order the adult Flag Page.
(Be sure to check out the Family Matters Blog for excellent parenting ideas and helps, encouraging articles, and more.)
Win it! Courtesy of Family Matters, one of you will win a Kids Flag Page kit for your own family!
Here’s how to enter:
1. MANDATORY: Browse around and dig into the Family Matters Blog. Tell me, in a comment below, what you think about it — or something that particularly caught your eye or interest.
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4) For a fourth entry, twitter about this contest using @MuseReviews within your tweet, then tell me in a separate comment that you twittered! (Only one tweet per person per contest, please.)
I’ll close the contest next Monday, September 13th, 2010 at 11pm EST. Sorry; US mailing addresses only. Good luck!
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
Congratulations to the winner, #31, Mandy!
FTC info — Disclaimer: I received this item for free per my review, but I did not receive any other monetary or product compensation. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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They have stuff for Grand parents as well as parents. cool.
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I just looked around the Family Matters blog and in the store I saw a CD called Bringing The Best Out Of Strong-Willed Kids. It sounds like it will be very interesting and help me learn how to deal with difficult situations.
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what a great Blog! I would love the read the Grace Based parenting book!
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would really love to understnad my children better!
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The Grace Based Parenting book sounds interesting.
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its neat they have information for frandparents
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I think that it’s nice that they include the grandparents in this site. I am a parent raising my own kids but I know a lot of grandparents who get left raising the kids so I think that it’s nice that they’re not forgotten
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would love the read the grace based parenting book, sounds interesting!
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I liked the post on Ten Ways to Make this the Best School Year Ever in the parenting section. Very applicable.
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The blog is great! I’ve been interested in grace-based parenting for a while. It’s wonderful to know there’s a gentle choice for Christian parents.
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I like the focus on family and not just immediate, but grandparents as well!
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I think the “HOw and when to tell your kids about sex” would be a good book to have!
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like the “marriage” section of the blog
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Gale (1 year ago)
I liked what they said about grace on their About page “We consider grace to be the posture that we should have towards all of our relationships, especially in our marriages and families.”
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