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Leading the Next Generation… Starting with Our Own Kids
Kristen Ivy started out teaching high school classes, then went back to school to study theology, while helping church leaders reach “the next generation”. With her diverse experience, plus her background in child psychology, she has become an expert in parenting. In fact, she co-authored 24 books on the topic!
Regardless of your current relationship status with your children, you’ll find something in this episode that will move your parent-child relationship a level higher.
If you can lead teenagers, you can rock it anywhere else. – John Ramstead
Agreeing with John, Kristen acknowledged that what was true in the high school classroom teaching teenagers is the same thing that’s true in leading adults.
Kristen emphasized that when communicating with a child (or even an adult), it’s on you to figure out as much as you can about that other person and how what you have to share will help them win, so you can bridge that gap and help bring them along the journey.
If you don’t understand what’s happening in the minds and in the world of preschoolers and elementary kids, if you can’t put yourself in their shoes, then you may always fail in communicating what you think you’re communicating.
There is an opportunity in every phase of a child’s growth to change his or her future. Don’t ever feel that it’s too late.
Kristen warned parents about the tendency to plan out a child’s future because of certain achievements. Just because a child threw a touchdown pass on his little league team, it doesn’t mean that he’s going to be a professional football player… and that’s okay. It’s okay to just celebrate that moment, but it won’t determine what they’ll be 20 years from now.
As a parting note, Kristen advised: Do what you can to rediscover your kid and show up in their world.
What You’ll Learn
- How Kristen equips and empowers parents to have amazing relationships with their children
- How to influence people at work to be the best parent that they can be when they get home
- Why it’s never too late to make an impact on your child.
- How to overcome “parent guilt”
- The one thing that every middle schooler needs from his or her parents.
- In order for kids to be independent, they have to ____.
Resources
- Kristen Ivy’s website
- Phase Guides for Eternal Leadership Podcast listeners
- Parents of middle schoolers need to read this article.
How about you how is your relationship with your children?
Bio
Kristen is the Executive Director of Messaging at Orange (The reThink Group, Inc.) and the Co-Founder and Director of The Phase Project. She and her husband Matt are currently parenting their three amazing children through the phases.
Before beginning her career at Orange in 2006, Kristen earned her bachelors of education from Baylor University in 2004 and a Master of Divinity from Mercer University in 2009. She worked in the public school system as a high school Biology and English teacher where she learned firsthand the joy and importance of influencing the next generation.
At Orange, Kristen has played an integral role in the development of the elementary, middle school, and high school curriculums and has shared her experiences at speaking events across the country.
Kristen is the co-host of the Parent Cue Live, a weekly podcast for parents. She is also the co-author of twenty-four books, including her latest release: 18-part Phase Guides series (Parenting Your New Baby, Parenting Your One-Year Old…).
