Robin Sharma...author of The Monk who sold his Ferrari is somebody I respect highly in the adult coaching space. Here are his 10 wishes that he says he holds for the new world we are building. I believe that as children's change makers, they are especially applicable and he often speaks of children and also supports his own foundation for children.

He gives the advice:  

"No kid is perfect. But could I gently suggest that today, you make a commitment to celebrating the best within children. Make them feel special. Help them stand proud."

 This is what my global network and I coach kids to understand at a young age. Our tag line at The Kids Life Studio is "where choices are made easy." The transformation we see when children make good choices is magical. They stand proud and success breeds success which is so powerful! 

Here is what Robin Sharma says:

What are your values?

The reason I ask is this...

As an ex teacher one of my biggest strengths is that I am all about systems and procedures. I also love measuring results and determining what needs to be tweaked, adapted and moulded to maximise future positive outcomes.

For this reason, when I train and certify my Kids Life Coaches, I give them a 10-step process that I have personally been using with great success over the past 15 years.

If you want to see what makes us unique and also the leader globally in Kids Life Coaching, take a look...

When I first started coaching children 15 years ago there were no official certifications like there are today....

I had no other option but to dive in and research, explore, educate and develop myself. So I learnt all about:

You are probably reading this because you are interested in coaching children. My guess is that deep down you feel you have a calling, a purpose bigger than yourself. You want to make a difference? Am I on track so far?

Whether that purpose is coaching your own child to become a leader or supporting other people's children, I know that you are reading this blog because you have a fire in your belly that has been prompted by all the challenges that you are seeing children facing.

I can assure you that there is nothing more rewarding than knowing that you have made a positive impact in a child's life. Not just an impact that is short lived but something that will lay the foundation for their entire adult life. How do I know this? Many of the children I have coached are now successful adults. For example, I have a Doctor, an Accountant, an international model, a very ambitious entrepreneur, a head of an international charity. All of them still in touch with me because I made an impact...

There are five, very common reasons why children misbehave. It is extremely useful for a Kids Life Coach to know these because if you can pinpoint the root cause of the misbehavior, you can be more successful at reducing it.

1) They want to test whether adults will enforce rules.

A child's main job is to figure out how their complex world works and in order to master the things they need at each developmental level they will test the adults who care for them which are usually their parents. They are literally trying to see where the boundaries are, or, if they exist at all. To coach a child means getting them used to boundaries and limits.  This way, their children will adopt positive values and gain self-esteem.

2) They experience different sets of expectations

Children will misbehave if they are held to expectations that are beyond their developmental levels. Consistency is hugely important in making a child feel safe and secure and able to have a comfortable...

I want you to imagine you are a 10-year old child and you right now are driving a bus without adult supervision. You can't reach the pedals, you don't know the rules of the road, you are responsible for the people on the bus, but yet nobody has taught you the skills to be responsible as a bus driver. You need supervision, but there isn't anybody to show you or help you.

Being a child, you may see this challenge in one of two ways:

1) just get on with it and you see the adventure and you embrace it whole heartedly or

2) You are filled with fear of what could go wrong and you ask for help.

Which do you think you would have felt as a 10-year old? No matter which you choose, there is a high likelihood of crashing the bus. How would you feel when you get blamed as a 10-year old for crashing the bus if an adult irresponsibly let you drive it in the first place.

This is like a beautiful analogy for your own inner child where your subconscious mind drives your behaviour based on our...