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Raising Children

Capable Of Leaving Home

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Raise Kids Ready To Launch

A growing number of kids are not ready for adulthood. Parents of kids of all ages realize how we prepare them for the world is not working like it should. This book looks at what is missing when we hold them, love them, and prepare them for their future.

A practical, funny, research-backed guide that turns big ideas into weekly family reps - so your child can be raised and leave home with virtue, resilience, and real-life skills.

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Too much mental health,

not enough mental resilience?

"Screens won the evening-again."
"My teen melts down over normal stress."
"I don't know what 'ready' looks like anymore."

This book gives you simple, weekly reps to build virtue, skills, and grit -- without a lecture. In 60 days you'll run a calmer Family Council, replace doom-scrolling with skill-building, and give your kids stress tools that actually work. You may even find some for yourself.

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A step-by-step playbook, not a lecture.

Four pillars with concrete activities you can start this week.

Virtue, Clearly Defined

Morals + Ethics + Integrity - Explained in plain language with humor and real examples.

Resilience Training

Short "stress reps" families can practice weekly to build confidence and calm.

Life-Skills Kit

Money basics, civic sense, communication, and problem solving activities.

Family Council Guidebook

Create and run good family meetings that build connections and rituals that both stick and create unity.

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Ready For Life Backpack

You can't pack their suitcase forever. You can pack their personal backpack. Consider that what you are doing in raising your children is that you are packing their launch pack with essential tools they will need for life. Here are some sample ideas.

Compass (Values and Ethics): steady guidance for choices.
Flashlight (Critical Thinking): see through the noise and hype.
Map (Life Plan): goals, routes, checkpoints.
Multitool (Problem Solving): try, learn, develop, test, recover, resilience.
Ledger (Money Basics): earn, spend, save, give.
Whistle (Civic Duty & Safety): know rights, help others, contribute to society.
Journal (Reflection): make meaning, not just memories.