She Gets It!

Kids say the funniest things. They will make an offhand comment, use a saying in the correct manner or just make a funny proclamation. However, my oldest daughter made a striking comment that I want to pass on to you!

Kids say the funniest things. They will make an offhand comment, use a saying in the correct manner or just make a funny proclamation. However, my oldest daughter made a striking comment that I want to pass on to you!

We were beginning the “get ready for bed routine” and my oldest daughter was working on the computer. She is very creative, loves to read and designs printable pages on our computer. She showed me her latest creation, which was a group of hand prints she found in the clip art and with a couple of typed sentences. I began to read the typing and was truly amazed at what I read. The title was one thousand hand prints. She wrote that wherever you put your hand print, one thousand would follow because people are always watching what we do. A tear nearly came to my eye as I realized that she gets it!

I have been trying to instill the concept in her that she is the leader or “team captain” of our three daughters. I borrowed that term from my friend Greg Gunn. He runs a ministry called Family ID and has been impassioned to help families develop a vision. In his book, The Purpose Driven Family, he writes, “You are the coach and you need to pour into your team captain. You should take your oldest child on an individual outing, and explain to them their role.”

Greg gets the fact that the oldest child has a tremendous impact on the rest of the family. Think back for a moment to your child hood, if you were not the oldest child, whom did you look up to? Your older sibling!

For our family, the most challenging part may be yet to come. Even though my oldest daughter recognizes the fact that she is a role model, living it out is her greatest challenge. In my next post, I will share the role of the team captain and the things they commit to according to The Purpose Driven Family.

I left out an important fact that I want to share with you. My daughter is only 9 years old! I want to encourage you to keep teaching your kids, and you too may be surprised at the age, they “get it!”