Author: Lavin
Lavin
I am the founder of Sprout Upward. With a background in youth development at the Puthikoma Organization and over 10 years of corporate management experience as a Chief Teller, I write about the intersection of family leadership, child development, and intentional parenting. I test all of my "crisis de-escalation" theories in real-time on my two young children.
My daughter was eight years old, and getting her to open a book felt like an Olympic sport. If you are searching for real, proven ways to get kids to read without the nightly battle, you are in the right place. I am not a teacher or a child psychologist. I am just a parent who got tired of watching her kid stare at the wall instead of picking up a book. So I started experimenting. Some ideas flopped. Others genuinely changed our evenings. What I discovered is that learning how to get kids to read has less to do…
Last week, my eight-year-old completely lost it at dinner over two plastic step stools that were stuck tightly together. “I can’t do it!” she yelled, ready to give up and walk away. It is incredibly hard to watch your child shrink in front of a tiny challenge, especially when you know she is capable of so much more. If you have been searching for real, practical ways to build confidence in your 8-year-old daughter without turning your home into a pressure cooker, you are in the right place. This is not a list of empty pep talks or gold stars.…