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Raising Boys and Girls Podcast: New Year’s Show Notes

The Raising Boys & Girls podcast is here to help you make 2021 your best year yet! Join Sissy Goff and David Thomas this week as they share ways to help you look toward the new year with focus and intention.

Grab links, stats, and quotes you want to remember in the show notes below.

Connect with Sissy, David, and Melissa at raisingboysandgirls.com

Connect with Minno at podcast.gominno.com

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Books, Podcasts, Blog Posts, and Resources Mentioned in the Show

Unlocking Us – Brene Brown Podcast

Are My Kids On Track? book

One Word for Kids and Families blog post and printable

How to Write a Family Mission Statement blog post

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Quotes, Questions, and Helpful Information

What is one thing from 2020 that you want to carry into 2021?

The new year is a great opportunity to work on something together.

Are My Kids on Track? Milestones (covered in Season 1 of the Podcast)

Emotional

• Vocabulary
• Perspective
• Empathy
• Resourcefulness

Help kids understand . . . what do I feel? and what do I do with it?

Social

• Awareness
• Reciprocity
• Ownership
• Boundaries

Spiritual

• Foundation
• Identity
• Mercy
• Meaning

Communicate to your kids: we’re all growing together!

The new year is a great time to ask, 

Who do we want to be?

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Help your kids set goals that are manageable and measurable.

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3 Intentional Practices:

• Pick one word to inspire you this year.

• Do a family time activity assessment.

• Write a Psalm 27:13 and Isaiah 43:19 list.

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I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 NIV

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing . . . I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV

We move into 2021 knowing that there may still be some hard things but we can have an expectancy and a hope that God is doing new, good things!