We need partners.

Starting November 1st we will have been in Lake County for four months. What God has achieved in those four months is nothing short of a miracle. God has been very gracious to us and opened up huge doors. Hope and I are convinced that we have been sent back to Lake County/Central Florida to help families.

Here is an update of what has happened so far:
Held two Empowered Parent Conferences and 1 Camp Consequence. Have a huge network that are sharing info about Empowered Parents. Every principal in Lake County schools has our information to share with parents, Lake County Sheriff's Office has our cards to give to families, working with local churches to host EPC's. Done a couple of press releases and had interviews with local TV, newspapers, and magazines. Using social media (facebook and twitter) to reach more families, and speaking to a number of local clubs (Rotary, Kiwanis, etc.).

All of this is wonderful but we are still lacking one thing, word of mouth, parents that have gone through our EPC and Camp. As we continue to build, we need those hurting families to see and experience the change we have offer.

How can you partner with us? Here are 3 ways you can help.

1. Pray. Pray for parents to find out about us. Pray for parents to come. Pray for us to have the right connections in our community. Pray for local churches and schools to reach out to the help we offer. Become a prayer partner. Email us at jesse@theparenthelpcenter.com and I can update you weekly on our prayer concerns.

2. Give. Yes we need your money. We need to make a living and by doing so we can help more families. We also use these funds to help sponsor families to come to an EPC. We are a non-profit tax-deductible organization. You can sponsor us with $30 a month or give a one time gift. Donate here.

3. Advocate. Help us get the word out. Tell your friends, your church leaders, follow us on our Facebook page and Twitter, share our posts with others. Get me in front of your local club, church, school to share our vision and what we do.

We are so blessed to serve in this way and look forward to sharing with you what is coming down the road.

Changed parents will see changed kids.

Jesse & Hope Kegg
www.theparenthelpcenter.com
www.forlakecountyfl.com
jesse@theparenthelpcenter.com
904-669-7722

Article in Local Magazine.

Lake Magazine is did an article on us. We have been featured in the October issue. They did a great job and we are blessed to partner with people who care about our community. Huge thanks to the Walkers, Blair, Missy, Michael, and Glenn.

Coach-able Parents.

I remember when I first started playing basketball. It was my junior year of high school and it was more street-ball, every man for himself, than any thing else. When I went to college I started to play, for the first time, organized basketball. What a huge different! Street-ball is all about me and what I could do, in college it was about the team, being coach-able, and running the plays. Now whenever I play a pick-up game I wish they would work as a team, wish they had a coach to remind us what plays to run.

Parenting is no different. Most parents are doing it on their own. Lots of moms and dads are running their own plays, not even working together. Parents need to be on the same team, run the same plays, and coached. Really that's what we do. We have a great play book, The Parent Project, we have a great team, other Empower Parents, and we know how to win.

We need those parents who are coach-able, ready to do whatever it takes to win! We can't help them if they don't want to run the right plays. If you know a parent that is coach-able and having a hard time with a strong-willed child, let them know about Empowered Parents. www.theparenthelpcenter.com

Influencing and Motivating Children

Everyone loves a pat on the back when they have done something well. Children are no different.  The issue is that it is so much easier to focus on negative behaviors and never say anything about good behaviors. How can we shaped and mold our children if 90% of the time we focus on the negative. Here is a quote from the Parent Project book:

"Parents can motivate strong-willed children to change by providing positive strokes or positive consequences for unwanted behaviors. Parents should recognize or give positive stokes to their children when they catch them doing something right."


Parenting is hard work. If we want to raise respectful children then we need to roll up our selves and do it! Try to find something positive they did, no matter how small, and praise them for it. Tell them how proud you are, great job, way to go, keep up the good work, etc. You will see your children start to make more and more good choices.  Next post I will discuss how to talk with your children about their bad choices.

Parenting strong-willed children

We use a great parenting resource called the Parent Project.  Here is a great quote from the book regarding strong-willed children.

"Generally speaking, strong-willed adolescents learn about life by trying it themselves. They do not accept parental input nor are they willing to use the mistakes of others as learning experiences for themselves. The frequently heard adolescent phrase, "It's OK; that wont happen to me," is especially true for this child. This is why just talking to the strong-willed child about unwanted behavior is generally ineffective. Their stubborn-ness, curiosity, lack of fear, and desire to experience things first-hand, usually mean they will do what they want, even when they know they are breaking the rules. Strong-willed children often engage in such behaviors quite impulsively."

Parent Project 2009 page 2

We are in the local paper.

I was contacted last week from our local paper and they ran a story on us. We are working hard to get the word out to parents.  Please read and share this article with others.

http://www.dailycommercial.com/localnews/story/100211BadKids