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    The 10 Kidmandments Ten Principles for Raising Successful Children
    The 10 Kidmandments Ten Principles for Raising Successful Children
    The 10 Kidmandments Ten Principles for Raising Successful Children
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    The 10 Kidmandments Ten Principles for Raising Successful Children

    By Jeff Oddo

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    Raising children is the most challenging and rewarding job we will ever have in our lives. As parents, we have the choice to either play an active participatory role in our children’s lives or allow them to grow up and figure out life’s biggest challenges on their own.
    One of the great laws of life is that you cannot help someone else without helping yourself. If this is true, it means that parenting is truly a win-win opportunity.
    The goal of this book is to provide parents an awareness of what is required to raise children to be the best grownups they can be. With limited time and resources, sometimes half the battle of being a great parent is knowing which areas we need to focus our efforts on. This book is written for those who are passionate about their children’s success and understand that it is up to us, as parents, to learn the skills to teach our children things that no one else is likely going to teach them.
    Those “things” have been boiled down to TEN topics; we call them the “Ten Kidmandments.” As you can imagine, condensing great parenting into such a limited number isn’t easy; but if you strive to flawlessly execute these concepts, you will greatly increase your chances of raising children to become the adults you hoped they would be. This book is NOT meant to be all inclusive. It is designed to be a high-level overview to get you thinking.
    Maybe you’ve read every book on child rearing techniques out there; maybe this is the first one you’ve ever read. Whatever your situation, I hope the concepts presented here and thoughts that are triggered in your mind by reading this book will inspire you to seek out additional knowledge on the areas you believe will help you and your family the most.
    The more knowledge we have, the better chances of raising children who will carve out lives for themselves that truly have meaning for them.
    Not that anyone could ever tell you how to raise a “successful” child—let alone describe it, for the purpose of this book, we have defined “successful” as the following:
    “Successful children are genuinely good, ethical, serving people. They are strong, resilient, caring, thankful, happy and filled with hope. They feel loved and can love. They have a deeply ingrained sense of self-confidence, a respect for life and have the ability to become actualized adults. They have the ability to live in the moment, as well as think and imagine the life they want to lead, while having the intelligence and the integrity to make it happen.”
    Dr. Abraham Maslow first coined the term “self actualization.” He said, “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. This is the need we may call self-actualization ... It refers to man’s desire for fulfillment... to become everything that one is capable of becoming ...”
    It is understandable if this seems like a lot to grasp; however, although achieving success isn’t easy, we don’t have to make it more difficult than it needs to be.
    While we could debate the ten most important skills to teach your children all day long, one thing is certain: our time here is limited. When the curtain on our lives is drawn for the final time, our children will be left with the memories and skills we have taught them. So, the questions are, “How will you lead them?” and “What will they have learned so that your strengths will be transferred but the mistakes will be lost?” As you will see, while you grow as a parent, you will not only improve the lives of those you love, but in return wonderful gifts will be bestowed upon you. So enjoy parenthood. It is truly an amazing journey.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeff Oddo
    Release dateFeb 21, 2011
    ISBN9781928782315
    The 10 Kidmandments Ten Principles for Raising Successful Children
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    Jeff Oddo

    Jeff Oddo is an author, father and entrepreneur who is on a mission to make a difference in the lives of countless families through speaking, education and writing. Happily married with three wonderful children, Jeff has been blessed with a life that allows him to fulfill his passion of helping others experience and enjoy all that life has to offer. The majority of the profits for this book go to support single working mothers whom Jeff believes have the most difficult job in the world. Blurbs: “As an author, life-coach and newsletter writer, I’m exposed to literally hundreds of books every year, and Jeff’s book is a must read—straight forward and very practical. Not only does it teach you to be a better parent, but in reality this is one of the best self-help books I have ever read." --Tom Hill, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneurial Soul "Parenting may be the most difficult job on the planet. But this easy-to-read (and beautiful) book contains some simple, basic principles sure to help all parents raise healthy and happy children. These principles lay out a plan to create a strong foundation for a successful life and a great relationship with your children." --Rick Johnson, bestselling author of That's My Son, Better Dads Stronger Sons, and Becoming Your Spouse's Better Half

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      The 10 Kidmandments Ten Principles for Raising Successful Children - Jeff Oddo

      One of the most productive things we can do is to address the fundamentals of our lives and our relationships! This book provides an excellent opportunity to do just that! It is most fitting that the emphasis is with Children, our most cherished opportunity. Read well, think deeply and apply abundantly. —Fred Pryor, Founding chairman of Fred Pryor Seminars

      It is almost impossible to help another be happy in life if you are not personally happy. Great leaders inspire action and this book inspires parents to reflect on their own life so they can make a difference in their own life and the lives of their children. Too many times parents feel like they have lost control. The 10 Kidmandments provide us options to focus on so we can all be better. This is truly a win/win concept that is applicable to everyone. —Mac Anderson, Founder of Simple Truths and Successories

      Copyright 2010 by Jeffrey B. Oddo

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given way away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Dedication

      I dedicate this book to the four most beautiful, wonderful and important women in my life: my wife Karen and our three daughters. For you I write these pages because it teaches me how to be a better husband and daddy and friend. In return I have been given the most incredible love and relationships which inspire me more and more each and every day. I will always love you girls, and I thank God that I have you in my life.

      In the 14 years over which I have been collecting my notes, I have had the great pleasure of discussing parenting skills with many wonderful people. To all of my friends, family and especially my parents, I am extremely grateful for your time, thoughts and support. It is because of you that I am able to share these ideas with countless people who—like us—just want to be better parents. Thank you!

      Table of Contents

      Foreword by Tom Hill

      Preface

      Introduction

      Chapter 1Kidmandment 1 Life’s Purpose

      Chapter 2 Kidmandment 2 Life’s Paths

      Chapter 3 Kidmandment 3 Positive Mental Attitude

      Chapter 4 Kidmandment 4 Living in the Present

      Chapter 5 Kidmandment 5 Relationships and Communication

      Chapter 6 Kidmandment 6 Love to Learn

      Chapter 7 Kidmandment 7 The 3 Rs: Rules, Respect and Repercussions

      Chapter 8 Kidmandment 8 Health

      Chapter 9 Kidmandment 9 Money and Materialism

      Chapter 10 Kidmandment 10 Faith, Religion and Spirituality

      Conclusion

      Self-Assessment

      Author Biography

      Foreword

      As an author, life-coach and newsletter writer, I’m exposed to literally hundreds of books every year, and Jeff’s book is a must read—straight forward and very practical. Not only does it teach you to be a better parent, but in reality this is one of the best self-help books I have ever read.

      This is a high level, big picture type of book that should, without a doubt, get you thinking about one of the most, if not the most important job in the world, parenting. This is not a HOW TO crash course on everything you need to know about raising children, but it is a very practical WHY TO overview of the ten most important things parents need to accomplish—everything from goal setting to understanding the importance of having faith.

      The Ten Kidmandments isn’t just for parents; it is for anyone who wants to be happier in life. The Ten Kidmandments gives everyone—kids and adults of all ages—ten principles they need to focus on in order to achieve happiness.

      These principles establish the skills needed to help us all be more successful and productive adults. Every person, adult and child, need these foundational concepts to be put into practice. It’s been my experience as a life-coach for 16 years that those folks who don’t practice these principles will never come close to reaching their full potential in life.

      Unfortunately, for most people parenting is a passive,

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