7 Habits of Highly Effective Kids, Teens, and Families

“We Create Habits and Habits Create Us”, Keith Hawkins

Leader in Me• A.B. Combs Elementary School opened the program in 2008

• Over 2000 schools across the country now

• Changes in three areas • Academics • School Culture • Life Skills (leadership and 7 habits)

• School Wide Goals • Taking it home and into the Community

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids and Highly Effective Teens

✓ The Habits build upon each other

✓ Habits 1, 2, and 3 deal with self-mastery

✓ Habits 4, 5, and 6 deal with relationships

✓ Habit 7 is the habit of renewal

7 Habits of Highly Effective Families

1. Clear vision for destination 1. Don’t compare your family 2. Family mission statement

2. Flight plan 3. A compass

Be Proactive

Begin with an End in Mind

Put First Things First

• Why don’t we put first things first? • What do we put first? • Do we rationalize? • Develop your family compass • Learning needs to happen from

inside out rather than outside in

Think Win-Win Moving from “me” to “we”

1. Marital relationship 2. Parenting 3. Extended family

Seek First to Understand, then be Understood

Synergize Celebrate the differences

Sharpen the Saw• Physical – exercise together, clarify

expectations around financial and physical assets

• Social – Love and affirm one another, build relationships

• Mental – Learn new things together, share and discuss ideas

• Spiritual – Clarify direction and goals, pray together, read inspirational literature together