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This is the introduction to our Flight Plan video series. This video series gives an excellent overview of our book and has a video that corresponds to each chapter of the book. This video series is a great study for father and sons or small groups.
Books
Recommended Reading for Parents
Emotional World
Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Golman
How to Raise a Child With a High EQ-A Parent’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence , by Lawence E. Shapiro
The Hurried Child , by Elkind
The Pressured Child , Thompson
The Wounded Spirit , by Frank Peretti
Spiritual
Bringing Up Boys, by Dr. James Dobson
Building Strong Families , by Dennis Rainey
Do Hard Things , by Alex Harris
Extreme Pursuit , by John E. Davis
Grace Based Parenting , by Tim Kimmel
How To Really Love Your Child , by Ross Campbell
Parenting By The Book , by John Rosemond
Raising A Modern Day Knight, by Robert Lewis
Raising Kids For True Greatness , by Tim Kimmel
Revolutionary Parenting , by George Barna
Seasons Of Life , by Jeffrey Marx
Parenting Boys & Teens
Best Friends, Worst Enemies , by Michael Thompson
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee , by Wendy Mogel
A Fine Young Man , by Michael Gurian
The Good Son , by Michael Gurian
How to Talk So Kids will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, by Adele Farber and Elaine Mazlish
Family Matters , by Evans Book UK
It’s a Boy , by Michael Thompson and Teresa Barker
Last Child in the Woods , by Richard Louv
Positive Pushing , by Jim Taylor
The Price of Privilege, by Madeline Levine
Raising a Son, by Jeanne Ellium
Raising Cain , by Michael Thompson
Raising Resilient Children , by Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein
Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World , by H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Ed. D. Nelson
Real Boys , by William Pollack
Siblings Without Rivalry , by Adele Farber and Elaine Mazlish
Too Much of a Good Thing—Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age , by Dan Kindlon
Why Gender Matters , by Leonard Sax
Allow Your Children to Fail If You Want Them to Succeed, by Dr. Avril P. Beckford M.D.
Learning
A Mind at a Time , by Mel Levine
All Kinds of Minds , by Melvin D. Levine
Boys and Girls Learn Differently , by Michael Gurian
Driven to Distraction , by Edward M. Hallowell
Mindset , by Carol Dweck
Overcoming Dyslexia, by Sally Shaywitz, MD
Media Influences
Your Children are Under Attack , by Jim Taylor
Web Sites & Blogs
Movie Guide is a family guide to movies and entertainment. They provide comprehensive reviews of all the latest releases and for a subscription fee you can have access to their archives.
Here is an example of what they did for Toy Story.
Messages
Events
Activities
We are currently building a list of Strategic Activities that Dads can do with their children and families. We want ideas for everything from intentional ways to encourage your kids to road trip ideas, from dinner time conversation topics to Saturday night game nights.
Got a great idea. Submit it and if it is worthy of posting we will give you all the credit and 10% off a Custom Crest design. strategicdads@gmail.com
Here are some winter ideas for the cold and snow from About.com. 11 good ideas, everything from Snowboarding to Snow Painting.
Family Crests
A tradition from the past for today’s strategic families. Let us design a custom Crest to help inspire your family in strategic living.
Here is the Brady’s Family Crest as an example, broken down and explained.
Family Scripture: Philippians 2
Family Motto: “Taking Initiative for the Benefit of Others” was taken from our family scripture (Philippians 2).
I used the idea of four parts of a house from a sermon I once heard from Tommy Nelson, Pastor of Denton Bible Church.
Truth and Security: I used the picture of a foundation because our family’s security is found in the truth of the Gospel.
Knowledge and Discipline: I used the picture of the water faucet to represent plumbing. Plumbing takes out what is bad and brings in what is good. We want our family to be intentional in knowing Scripture so that we can discern what is good and bad.
The New Normal: I heard this term from a friend of mine, John Bryson, and it lined up exactly with what I was wanting for our family. We want to create a New Normal with our family. In other words, we do not want to go with the culture’s idea of normal. We want our family to create a New Normal that lines up with our values.
Warmth and Tradition: I loved the picture of the fireplace to represent a house that is warm, loving and inviting. The fireplace represents the things we do on a nightly basis and on special days that create tradition.
We took these ideas and created the custom design above for his family.
Flight Plan
A life of greater possibilities, potentials and passions awaits the emerging young man. Flight Plan is a resource and source of instruction and encouragement for boys, their parents, and other adults who work with boys. Ideal for dads and sons, church small groups and classrooms.
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