Comments on: Don’t Forget Goal Setting For Kids! http://healthygreenmoms.com/goal-setting-for-kids/ Ideas for living well Mon, 14 May 2012 10:58:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sommer Green & Clean Mom http://healthygreenmoms.com/goal-setting-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 Sommer Green & Clean Mom Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:54:51 +0000 http://healthygreenmoms.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-1277 What a great article. I set goals for me this year but a good reminder to do so with my kids. My son at least! Good tips and I agree with @TwinToddlersDads about it this being a great reminder for adults! What a great article. I set goals for me this year but a good reminder to do so with my kids. My son at least! Good tips and I agree with @TwinToddlersDads about it this being a great reminder for adults!

]]> By: TwinToddlersDad http://healthygreenmoms.com/goal-setting-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1276 TwinToddlersDad Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:21:32 +0000 http://healthygreenmoms.com/blog/?p=1562#comment-1276 I think this is valuable for grown-ups too! More importantly, I think if goal-setting and following up on them is a family tradition, kids will learn it just by watching. Parents are incredible role models and every child wants to emulate his/her parents, especially at an early age. It may also be useful to differentiate between goals and expectations. Quite often, parents might have certain expectations from their kids and they might try to steer their child's goals towards their own expectations. That may not always work out. A goal-driven life is also purpose-driven. When kids grow up in a purposeful family environment, goal-setting is no longer a forced activity. It happens quite naturally. Cheers and Happy New Year TwinToddlersDads last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Littlestomaks/~3/500341092/" rel="nofollow">Look Back, Look Ahead, Have A Happy New Year!</a> I think this is valuable for grown-ups too!

More importantly, I think if goal-setting and following up on them is a family tradition, kids will learn it just by watching. Parents are incredible role models and every child wants to emulate his/her parents, especially at an early age.

It may also be useful to differentiate between goals and expectations. Quite often, parents might have certain expectations from their kids and they might try to steer their child’s goals towards their own expectations. That may not always work out.

A goal-driven life is also purpose-driven. When kids grow up in a purposeful family environment, goal-setting is no longer a forced activity. It happens quite naturally.

Cheers and Happy New Year

TwinToddlersDads last blog post..Look Back, Look Ahead, Have A Happy New Year!

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