Book Review... A Kid's Guide to Being a Winner

Are you struggling to teach your children how to reach their true potential? Not just academically, but with people? And with their own self-esteem or self-worth? Sometimes the hardest lessons in life for us to learn (or teach) deal with how to put the needs of others above that of our own desires and interests. I find this to be true even in my own household... watching my children quarrel is probably the most stressful thing we face as a family. Ever been there? Oh, it's been a long week.

Finding resources for teaching children to do the right thing... and for the right reasons are hard to come by. Especially in this self-serving society we find ourselves in.

I suppose that's what makes C.D. Shelton's book A Kid's Guide to Being a Winner so refreshing! It's a quick read and filled with common sense. Remember that? lol It's getting harder and harder to find. Much like a children's Bible which you may use to teach your children how to love others, feel good about doing "right", and what consequences look (and feel) like, this non-fiction book gives you an excellent accompaniment to any devotional or lesson on looking and feeling like a winner. That being... an individual who practices selflessness with a winning spirit and full heart.

I love everything about this book... from the giant apple on the cover to the encouragement and wisdom within it's pages. It's ALL about making the right choices for the right reasons. It's about feeling good about those positive decisions you're making... knowing you are making the world around you a better place for someone else. Above all accomplishments we could hope our children to attain, this should be at the top. Regardless of what they may become "when they grow up", they'll go miles above the competition if they know how to love and care for others... and feel good about doing so!

The chapters in this 40 page easy read include:

• Being A Winner
• Being Responsible
• Being Thoughtful
• Being Respectful
• Having Gratitude
• A Positive Mental Attitude (my personal favorite!)

This book stresses the value to self and to others, through the art of making the right decision, and reminds children they get to make that choice all on their own! I especially love that message! It's a choice they should feel good about. It's about saying no to drugs and peer pressure, about helping others, listening in class, saying please and thank you, and it's about not holding grudges or hanging your head low when things go wrong... but rather learning from our mistakes and the mistakes of others, and moving on.

I love this excerpt:

"Winners show GRATITUDE

when they focus on what is

RIGHT and GOOD 

in their lives.

It's not so much what happens to

you, but how you ALLOW it 

to affect you.

When "stuff" happens, LEARN 

the lesson, MOVE-ON and then 

focus on what is RIGHT and

GOOD in your life."

I've been reading some of the awesome reviews from readers on Amazon.com... so many customers have found the common sense principles taught in this book to be an essential to the health and success of a child's social development. What's more... A Kid's Guide to Being a Winner sells on Amazon for around $10! A great price for a hardcover book and one I can whole-heartily recommend to my readers.

Choice Publishing House has generously provided The Homeschooling Blog with a single copy of A Kid's Guide to Being a Winner by author C.D. Shelton. The following review reflects my honest opinion of this book. The Homeschooling Blog has received no other compensation, in any form, in exchange for this review.

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