Get a Bigger Wagon (Parenting Strong Willed Children? Maybe They Are Entrepeneurs! Book 1) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Parenting strong willed children? Maybe they are entrepreneurs? Inspire the entrepreneurial spirit in children and all ages! This book contains true stories about a boy, born with an entrepreneurial spirit, who is allowed to learn from his adventures in, and around, small town Saskatchewan. The boy is strong willed, adventurous, and driven by his overactive mind to problem solve, discover, and create. Always saving to buy something, he earns money by picking bottles, shoveling snow, creating a lawn care business, and working for his father. Sometimes, instead of money, his payment comes in the form of a life lesson. His dreams are occasionally delayed by unexpected events. He experiences peer pressure, prairie fire, severe weather, and a fistfight. Always investigating his options, he sneaks into school while underage, and he skips out of school when he is of age. A curious child, he makes it his business to know what is happening in and around his town. The boy’s mother, having grown up in a huge city, understands that a variety of experiences are available to children in small towns, which aren’t attainable in larger centers. She happily moves to small town Saskatchewan, when her husband dreams of starting his own business. Her parenting style allows the boy to grow into the entrepreneur he is today. The stories in Get a Bigger Wagon create a sense of nostalgia for those who lived during the fifties and sixties. Reading the stories aloud sets the mood for storytelling between the generations. The Lessons At the end of each story, the boy, grown into manhood, shares his incites with the reader. Although the stories are set in the fifties and sixties, the life truths he comes to understand are relevant today. Parents raising spirited, strong willed children may recognize some of the boy’s characteristics in their own family members. The Entrepreneur’s Story Denyse Klette captures the nostalgic feel of the stories by creating the illustrations in soft black and white, reminiscent of the early days of television. The boy became the entrepreneur he is today, partly because of the parenting style of his mother. Coming from a large family, she believed children should learn about life by making independent choices and experiencing, firsthand, the consequences. Author Maureen Haddock met “the boy” while they were children and married him in 1970. She had developed a love of paper, ink, words, and printing presses when she was a little girl, living with her entrepreneurial parents. Maureen began to write about her husband’s childhood experiences, and now there are 46 stories, in two books, telling of one boy’s journey toward a life of independent business. The Boy's Next Adventure Get an Even Bigger Wagon, the sequel to Get a Bigger Wagon, chronicles the boy’s risky adventures, embarrassing predicaments, and tough decisions as he navigates the social life and customs of the late fifties and early sixties. Always wanting to earn money, he continues to search for work, often exaggerating about his abilities in order to be hired. He experiences disappointment when the reward for working long days at a carnival does not involve money. A night of Halloween pranking - backfires; he learns lessons about the pool hall; he experiences alcohol; he loses a fist fight; he admires, and learns from, a young entrepreneur; and he realizes that everyone has a currency, even if its not money. He doesn’t feel healthy when he makes wrong choices. Reading these stories aloud might bring a sense of nostalgia to you, while nudging your parenting style in a new direction. Perhaps the spirited child in your family will find a happy productive life as an entrepreneur.