Episode 15 Unlock2Unleash: Dear Parents

Mental Wealth Is Health.

As parents we are suppose lead and be in charge yet whether we know if something is good for our child or not we let them tell us they know better because we don’t want to hurt their feelings, get them mad at us or feel like we are encroaching on their rights. Parents we are afraid of our kids opinions of us. I had a parent say to me my “boy is a boys boy.” Code for he doesn’t want to go. I said what is that? She said he doesn’t want to hang around girls and do cheerleading stuff, she was talking about one of my youth programs. I said to her, my youth programs are focused on sports and performing arts. It’s designed for teens to be able to express themselves physically, mentally and emotionally. Activities include but not limited to are tumbling, dance, basketball, theater etc. And because we deal with the emotional, mental and physical aspects of expression we teach youth what their triggers are for anger, sadness, anxiety, fear etc. My mission is to unlock in our youth their love, their gifts, their trigger as well as help them express themselves with vulnerability and courage.