Help Your Kids Achieve More This Year
With every new year comes an opportunity to reinvent ourselves or start down a new path toward self-improvement. Making resolutions is a big part of many families’ New Year’s traditions, and parents often have a desire for their kids to take part in that tradition when they’re old enough. Following through on resolutions is tough, especially for young children, but with your help, they can achieve their goals. including following through on New Year’s resolutions. So, ask yourself if you follow through on your own resolutions. When you proclaim that you will read more books or finally get a gym membership, do you actually try to do it? Your kids will assign as much importance to New Year’s resolutions as you do, so by sticking to your own commitments, you can help them stay on track too. KEEP THINGS SIMPLE AND ACHIEVABLE. When your kids are forming their resolutions, their first attempts will probably be very broad. Statements like “I want to be more kind” or “I will try to help more around the house” incorporate good values but don’t include any actionable steps. Help your kids think of tangible ways to act on those goals. For example, if they want to be tidier, a good resolution might be for them to clean their room once a week or take responsibility for one household chore every day. DON’T DO ALL THE WORK FOR THEM. While it’s important for you to help your kids formulate their goals, be sure that you aren’t taking over. If they’re ultimately responsible for their resolutions, they’ll feel more compelled to keep them. Instead, suggest different goal areas they could improve, such as home, school, or sports, and let them elaborate. When it comes to creating habits, nobody is perfect, so even if your kids falter on their goals in the middle of February, don’t worry. The important thing is that you continue to encourage them every step of the way. With Simple and Actionable Goals PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH. You are your children’s role model for almost everything,
Shelley’s New Year’s Resolution Living Our Commitment to Giving Back As Dr. Nagy described on the cover, community is a cornerstone of what we do at Nagy Family Dental Group. It feels fitting, then, to highlight a team member of ours this month who exemplifies our commitment to giving back to our community: Shelley. She is our amazing financial coordinator who keeps everything running smoothly for our patients with insurance and treatment planning, among many other tasks. When it comes to giving back in our community, Shelley is passionate about suicide prevention and volunteers her time serving as a mentor and advocate for youth through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. It’s a cause that touches close to home. Shelley lost her son to suicide, and true to her nature, she’s taken the heartbreaking experience and turned it into an opportunity to help others. Going into the new year, Shelley is ready to take her role in suicide prevention to the next level. Having obtained a license for a nonprofit, she plans to open an activity center in the community that will serve as a positive, safe space for teens. “My hope in 2020 is to have an activity center up and running that will provide activities and counseling to teens. That’s my hope and dream for the year,” Shelley says. “I want to at least have our building settled on. It’ll be right here in the community, within a few blocks.” Shelley credits Dr. Nagy with constantly inspiring her to give back. In addition to his community projects, Shelley is grateful to attend leadership trainings each year that allow her to bring new skills to her role. “What he invests in us professionally and personally is incredible. I’m honored to be part of this practice. Not only is he a phenomenal dentist, but he’s also such a good guy,” Shelley says.
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