Right now Christmas is on our minds. If you’re like me, a few days after all the Christmas fun calms down, I’ll start thinking about fresh beginnings and settling into a new year.
Cleaning and organizing always rank high on my list during the new year craze. But I also start thinking more about what my kids need. After all, they’ve just experienced presents, extra sugar, and lack of routine during Christmas break. Usually after Christmas I need to crack down and be a little more intentional in our conversations. I need to be more consistent in following through with consequences for disobedience.
Here’s something I highly recommend you looking into to get started with your kids when 2016 rolls around:
Character Badges
From their website:
I had the opportunity this week to look over the complete package of Character Badges. It has everything a parent needs to set up a consistent, intentional training system for their kids. It encourages good behavior (based on Biblical principles) and discourages disobedience and poor attitudes.
Based on my (18 years!!?!) parenting experience while looking over the kit, I would highly recommend this for ages 12 and under. Our youngest is almost 11 (though I might be in denial about this). The Character Badges package would have benefited our family a ton just a few years ago when my boys were all small. This perfectly fits our family’s intention to not only raise kids to “be good” but to have kind hearts and obedient spirits. What a great item for families who seek to train their kids well!
Some highlights I’d like to point out about Character Badges:
- This system is simple, yet thorough.
- It will take some time for the parent to read through the details of this system. I recommend taking the time. The instruction manual will help set you up for success. Once you’ve gotten used to the system, executing it will be easy.
- You can custom fit this system to meet your individual family’s needs. For that matter, you can tailor fit it to each individual child.
- The quality of these materials is top notch. Everything is well made and will hold up well.
- Each character building goal has a Bible example to go with it. That’s my favorite part!
Character Badges is giving away a Character Badges Complete Set (worth $47.99) to one of you who leaves a comment on this post!
I’ll draw one random winner on Monday, December 21. Be watching for a post stating the winner as you will be responsible for contacting me if your name is chosen!
Character Badges is also offering us all a 10% discount on any order!
Use the code HH10 to receive the discount. This offer is good through December 31, 2015.
Be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win this giveaway!
What a neat idea! This would be great to use with my family!
This looks like a great tool!
I soooo need this with my almost 4 year old!
With my three little kiddos this seems like a great idea!
We have a 7, 5, and 4 year old here so it kind of sound s custom designed for us! This is a great idea!
I had looked into the Character Badges a while ago–cost was a problem. It would be awesome to win these. I think this is a great and beneficial giveaway. thx
Great ideas for character badges i have read all about it and love that you are helping others with a giveaway. Would love to try it out with my 2 yr 6yr old and 8yr old who has high functioning autism who has many behavior challenges. Thanks for the inspiration through your blog
These look neat!
These look interesting!
I need all the consistency help I can get!
I would love to do this with my kids!
Looks great.
Looks like a wonderful training tool!
I’m interested!
Love this idea — what a great tool to help mold our seven children Biblically! Agree that cost is prohibitive for us right now, so would be awesome to win this.
I’d love to win. We have been working on attitude and complaining a lot with our 7 year old and I think this would be a helpful tool in the work!
I have 5 boys ages 5 to 10. Would love this!
Thank you for the chance to win this set! :)
I would be interested in learning more about this!! And winning a free set soundS awesome:) thanks !
Sounds good to me!
Sounds like it could be a great tool!
I love this! I have 2 girls- 10 and 8 and we need this!!!
Thanks!!!
I would love this! We have 3 boys – 8, 6, 2 – and a baby on the way in May!
Looks great!
This looks neat! Hope I win :)
Would love to win!
Would love to give this to my son for his family.
What a nice giveaway!
This would be a real answer to prayer. My son does really well on his schoolwork when I use stickers for things he passes, but I never thought about using that idea for behavior. It would be a great gift for me to use with him as I tend to get short on patience with him. I would love to win the free set. Thanks
How interesting! I would love to try this out!
Perhaps that is why best behavior is reserved for the public school arena(by my kids anyway). There isn’t a physical acknowledgement/reminder for doing good. I think I could get into this. I know they can be amazing humans. I’ve seen it. :)
this looks really neat! We have a 7, 5 3, 1.5yo and a newborn coming this summer, so this would be perfect!! Thanks for offering this out:)
I had been looking at this since your Black Friday posting. This would be soooo refreshing in our house. Positive reinforcement ???? Thanks for the opportunity to win this!
Looks great! Thanks for the giveaway!!
I’ve been looking for an intentional tool for my kiddos! Love this!
What an interesting idea. Would love to try this with my family.
I would love some for my kids.
I have been looking for something like this for my girls ages 6&7. I would love to have this kit and would definitely put it to good use.
This sounds awesome!
Would love to win!!!!
Wish I had this when my kids were little. But now I have grandkids!
We would really really love the opportunity to try this out!
This would be such a useful tool.
What a great idea. This would come in handy with my three girls. :)
This looks like a great training tool for mom and dad too :)
This is a great idea! We would love a set in our home. Thanks for the giveaway.
I will definatly check into this as i feel like i need this for my 3 year old. Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the chance to win.
This sounds like something we could use! Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to use these!
We were just discussing the lack of consistency in parenting lately. Sounds like just the thing to help us get back on track
Thanks for a chance to win. My four year old would like this.
Wow, this looks so helpful!! My children are 7,4,3 and a newborn!!
This is such a comprehensive system – seems like it would really work!
I would love this for my girls.
This would be great to use with my 3,5 and 8 year old children!
Our family would love to win this! :)
I’ve had my eye on this set for a long time, but can’t afford it. We reeeeaallllllyyyyy need it! (Do I sound desperate enough? Smile. ) I’m positive many other families feel the same way!
Thank you for the entry.
What a fun idea!
Character Badges sounds like a great idea – I would love to something to help me implement better character…not just behavior! Thanks for sharing!
Cool! Something to help me improve!
This program actually encourages positive character traits. I have seen it work with my (extrinsically motivated) 14 year old. I would love to add on to our collection for all of my other children.
This looks like a great system. I tried to set up my own recently but it definitely had some holes. Would love to use the tried and true version!
I would love to win this!
This looks like an effective program. A great way to keep focused and be consistent in encouraging good character!
These look great! I would love to win something like this :)
My husband and I just had a “sit down”- this sounds like exactly what we were talking about!
I’d love to try it out!
I’d love to try this with my kids!
sounds like a great idea! I would love to win a set for my 5 year old
I was just looking at this set for my almost 4 year old, but couldn’t justify the price. I would love to win it! Thanks for the opportunity!
Sounds like a great idea! My three boys would thrive with this!
I’ve been very interested in trying this out!
Thank you for the chance to win this.
Would love to try this out with my little ones!
Thank you for this opportunity! I need help with consistency!
This sounds like exactly what we need… We have three boys (5, 3, &1) and just had a little girl (she’s one week old today!). We treasure our children and recognize them as precious gifts from God… But we desperately need some direction in our parenting tactics.
We have 5 soon to be 6 kids and are always looking to help them develop good character. This would be a huge blessing to our family!
Love this opportunity to get this. Thank you so much!! <3
Thank you for the opportunity!!!!!
I’ve looked at this before because I know it would be helpful in my home, I’ve just never purchased it. Thanks for the chance to have it and use it at home!
This looks awesome, I would love to try it!!
This would be a great addition for guiding our character training with our 3 boys, all under age 12!
Thank you! This is exactly what I have been looking for to help me guide my girls ages 3 and 4. I love the idea of a faith based system to help them grow.
Absolutely love this idea!
Looks awesome!
This looks like a great tool to use with my 3 little ones!!!
This would be great for my 3 year old!
I have been wanting this for my kids, I have seen how they have been working hard to bring this product to others family’s, it looks wonderful. Thanks for the giveaway
I would love to win one of these to use with my four children.
Thanks for hosting this giveaway! I have been considering these for my 7 and 8.5 year old.
What an awesome giveaway! I am struggling with this right now with my 9 year old. He had a horrible time with doing chores and complains about everything when I ask him to unload the dishwasher, fold and put clothes away, etc! I thanks again for a chance to win!
I have 5 children 8 and under and find it difficult to be consistent day in and day out. This looks like a great idea. Thanks!
Would be so blessed to use this with my five children! Thank you!
What a great tool! We’ve been looking for something to work on our consistency. This looks like a great set.
Thanks for sharing your review of character badges! This program would be helpful for me. Luckily, my oldest is 11, rather than my youngest.
I’ve been looking at this and debating on getting it. Would love to win it! Thanks for doing this giveaway!
This sounds like a great tool! I love it that kids get involved and that there is a tangible accounting of their behaviour!
The Character Badges system sounds like just what we need! I have a 6 and an 8 year old (and a 4 month old!) and I have definitely realized lately I need to praise the positive more! I think this system will help me be more intentional about that.
Wow, that looks AWESOME!!!!! And with 7 kiddos in the house and one on the way…….thise would be really useful! :-)
This looks so helpful!
It seems that we struggle with consistency/finding the right system with each of our children. I’d love to try out this system, and what a blessing that it comes straight from the Bible! Thank you!
I’ve been looking for something like this. I want to spend the next year more focused on positives than negatives!
Would love to win…we have 5 kids …..19 months, 4, 4, 5, and 9 years!:)
I have a big problem with consistency. My oldest is eleven so maybe its not too late?
Sounds great. Would love to win!
Four boys- 13 and under. This would be great!
With seven kids ages 10 and under we could definitely use this!
This looks like it would be great to help motivate the children.
We have 3 children–10, 6, and 1. I have been looking at this set and would love to be able to try it out. Thanks for sharing the post!
Character Badges would be great to use with my children!
I would love to try this with my little ones. I struggle so much with consistency and this seems like it would be a very helpful tool to help remedy that!
So, if I win this, that would be like God saying, “You need this. I know you do. I’ve seen you in action. Trust me!” Can’t argue with that! Plus I don’t have to make it myself. :)
I would love to use this with my 4 kiddos! Thanks for the chance to win!
The forecast above looks a little too familiar. Lol!
Sounds amazing!!!
We do habit training at our house, which is similar. I like the visual structure of this program, though. I’ve tried to order through their website before and haven’t been able to – with no response from any administration of the site as to why the order wouldn’t go through. I’d love to win this set and add a visual aspect to the habits we are helping our children build.
My five-year-old daughter needs some positive reinforcement. This looks like a great package!
I would love to have this for our family. I have a five year old son and three year old daughter that adores her brother. Everything he does she wants to do also. Unfortunately, this has included beng borderline defiant lately. I could use all the help I can get to nip this in the bud.
i’ve been thinking about getting this for my daughters
Yes! This looks like an awesome tool for my kiddos. Thanks for sharing it!!
What a great practical way to be consistent with character training, while having fun too!
The Character Badges look very interesting, and might be just what I need to help with our 5-year-old right now, and our 3-year-old too.
I would love this for my 3 small children, ages 2, 4, and 5.
Would love to win this as we get ready to move into a new home from being homeless and living with family. It would be a great way to start fresh from the chaos we have been living in for the last 4 years.
I would love to win!
This sounds exactly like what we need!
What a great idea! Thanks for the chance to win
Very cool!!
These look great. Would love to try them out.
With all that the world is tempting with and creating for the attention if children, ut is of utmost importance that we focus their attention on those things that Jesus would have us do that would represent Him and would bring others closer to Him.
Norma
Do you have a winner yet? I’d love to win!
What a great idea with the Character Badges! And thanks for the tip on price matching. I have yet to try it. Always thought it was more complicated then it is. It really helped to have your break down your conversation with the cashier. Thank you!
This sounds amazing! After 2 weeks of sickness and Christmas, we could use some more consistency pronto!