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Family Resolve
Making Positive Changes
This New Year
This New Year
By Mark Stackpole
In addition to cleaning out the toy box, Mitchell wants her family to be able to take a collective deep breath and spend more time enjoying the moment. "Our children know that we love them, but I want to show them that they are truly the most important thing in the world to us," she says. "Our family traditions will start, and their memories will form, in the unhurried quality moments that we are able to spend with them. This year it is all about that 'slow time.'"
Mark Victor Hansen is a world-renowned professional speaker and author. Best known for co-creating the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series and author of The One Minute Millionaire (Harmony, 2002), Hansen has dedicated his life to making a positive difference in people's lives. For parents looking to get their message across to young children, Hansen has some straightforward advice.
"Be involved in your child's life," he says. "Develop age-appropriate activities that exemplify family teachings. Use these activities to teach them as much as possible at an early age."
Hansen and his family begin each year by creating a list of things they want to accomplish during that year. "What I teach, believe and practice is for each member of the family to begin each year with 101 goals," he says. "These goals are both individual and family-oriented. When we sit down to write them, the question is, 'What are we going to do together this year?' We break our goals down into categories and consider financial, social, spiritual, mental and health-related issues."
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