Special thanks to 10KtoTalent for sponsoring this post. Matt and I have been so appreciative of all we have discovered on this site!
This has been on our minds for months. Our oldest will be a junior in high school in the fall. {gulp} The questions have already started: “Does he know where he’s going to college?” “What is Asa interested in doing in the future?” “Has Asa taken the ACT yet?” It’s enough to make me get out the baby book (that I failed at putting together while in the midst of not sleeping, breastfeeding 25 hours a day, and diaper changing) and wish for those tongue in cheek “simpler years.”
It’s humbling to realize that we just have two years left to prepare our child for independence. As Asa seeks direction for his future, we have been praying specifically that God would reveal to him where his passions lie, what he is the most gifted at doing, and where we should be focusing as we develop his school plan through graduation.
It was in the midst of this that we heard about 10KtoTalent. It is said that “it takes 10,000 hours of talent development for someone to reach a world class level of performance in any particular field of human endeavor.” The site 10KtoTalent is a resource that helps you, as a parent, explore this with your kids. We love this because it is something we should all be intentional about with our families. Having this site as a guide to walk us through how to do this is so valuable!
We’ve been working our way through the free First 100 Hours Guide that Jonathon Harris, founder of 10KtoTalent has put together. We definitely don’t plan to only use it with our oldest. All of our boys will benefit from this – starting now. What a blessing it will be for us as parents to offer so much guidance and specific focus for our kids as they develop the abilities God has given them! We are thankful that this resource is available to offer guidance to us, the parents. :)
The 10KtoTalent free resource First 100 Hours Guide is available to everyone who subscribes to the newsletter. No matter what your kids’ ages: get this resource. It’s free, and the newsletter will be a continual service to your family. You may also want to follow 10KtoTalent on Facebook.
Do you feel like your kids are aware of their talents? (The talents that are in addition to eating a huge stack of pancakes in five minutes and retelling an entire two hour movie in detail…) How do you help them develop these talents?