What is Life Coaching for Kids?

I don’t want people to confuse “life coaching for kids” and parenting or counseling.

Life coaching goes beyond the traditional parenting roles of moral and character development, and it goes beyond learning how to treat others and learning how to behave.

Although life coaching and counseling may have similarities, such as asking the important questions, listening, and finding patterns in people’s lives, they are not the same thing.

Counseling is designed to help those with more serious issues lead a more normal productive life…or to get back on track. These types of issues might include depression, OCD’s, moving past neglect/abuse, or going through a personal crisis at home (such as an illness or divorce).

So, what life coaching for kids is:

• Showing kids how to use the power of their mind and the power of their thoughts to create happiness, confidence, and success in their lives so they can take their life, goals, and dreams wherever they want to go.
• Kids need to base their self-esteem on who they are, not on what they have achieved, or what they do, or who they’re hanging around with. Coaching helps kids develop self-esteem from the inside out.
• Kids deal with many changes and disappointments in their lives, they need to develop resilience skills so they can bounce back and pick themselves up.
• Kids need to believe in themselves and learn how to move through anxiety and fear so they can stretch outside of their comfort zone, create courage, and go for their dreams with confidence.
• Developing their own “inner compass” so they can think for themselves and make good decisions. Kids need to be able to stand up to peer pressure and be their own person.
• Living life “with intention” not just drifting along without any direction is developed by learning self-leadership skills, kids develop an empowered way of thinking that will help them develop a vision for their lives.

There are children who require more support for learning disabilities or other developmental issues, or children who need greater support in the areas of coping skills, building self-esteem, overcoming shyness, dealing with bullies, and much more. For more information on how your child can have soaring self-esteem and confidence go to my curriculum page for all the details.