Dear Fellow Parent,

Are you pulling your hair out wondering if you are doing it right?

Do you lie awake at night guilted out that you are messing up and your kid is going to be messed up for life?

Do you see in their actions and demeanor something that makes you think they are missing self esteem and self confidence?

Are you wanting to discover ideas that will improve your approach to parenting?

If so, you have come to the right place.

Hi. My name is Tom Adams. I am a 40 year old married guy from Canada. I am also my kids dad. Two boys to be exact. And I love being a dad. I admit that I make mistakes more easily than I like to admit. And frankly now that they are hitting the early teenage years I wonder if I did it all right.

But, I never feel like I can't get better at it and learn more and still have a profound effect on my boys lives.

Every summer my boys and I love to go to beach. We love it so much because we only get about 2 good months to go to the beach here in Canada where I live, so we go as much as we can. After we arrive and set up our beach things we try the water to determine if it is too cold to swim in. Most of the time it is too cold, at least until late summer, so we retreat to what we love to do. I sit back into my beach chair, open up a book and start to read. The boys go exploring for treasure. Despite being older now, they still love exploring.

After finding a delightful treasure or a handful of them, they come running back to our beach area and show me their find. Often they have found a smooth stone, the occasional fossil, a shell, or a feather. Each of these items in their own way holds a particular delight for my boys who revel in sharing their treasure with me. And if I get as excited as they do with the treasures they find, the moments we share together are ones of magic and memory.

Well guess what?

That is exactly what I want to do with you. I love exploring for treasure - parenting treasure. Then when I find one, I'll virtually show it to you.

Every day I will send a short email in which I will share a lesson learned along the way.. a story... a resource... a quote. I read ferociously. I devour resources regularly. I ask other parents all the time what works and what doesn't. I want to learn. But I don't want to keep it all in. I want to share it. With you.

I can't promise the best answers, only a willingness to explore the questions this thing called parenting demands from us.

My goal, which I assume is like yours is to nourish strong, self confident boys and girls allowing them to flourish as successful adults.

So, join me in my journey.

I hope as you get to know me, you will see some of yourself in me. Not always sure of what to do, but committed to the end result... self confident kids.

How much for this ongoing
education you ask?

Absolutely nothing.

Your subscription to Kid Flourish is free.

What's The Catch?

You are probably wondering how I can offer this for free. Well there are three reasons. They are pretty selfish but I hope you benefit greatly from my selfishness.

Selfish Reason #1. I want to write a book about practical parenting tips. And I am finding it hard to do it all at once. But I have found that if I force myself to do it every few days, just a paragraph or two, then I know I can get it done. So you become my accountability group while you get some great tips, resources and content.

Selfish Reason #2. I have spent 10 years traveling a lot, speaking and training people to be the best they can be. I am tired of traveling and I want my lifestyle to change. I want to be closer to home more often to be with my kids. Instead of traveling to speak, I am going to start doing teleconferences from my home office. Occasionally I will let you know about a teleconference you can join me on or a teleseminar we are holding. I figure if you like what you get from me on a regular basis in the email, you might be willing to pay a small amount to join me in a teleconference.

Selfish Reason #3. I find that I am the most happy in my life when I give the information and secrets I have learned away. I was once told that "Karma is a boomerang" and from my experience, it is also true. I love sharing what I have found. It fills my tank. So by sharing great stuff with you, I get a huge emotional benefit and I believe you will too.

From time to time in my emails I will let you know about something new I have written or direct you to something someone else has written or created. I will also make you aware of the resources, books and tools that have had an impact or effect on me.

And a Cool Little Bonus Gift

Just for joining Kid Flourish you will receive a free copy of my latest e-book entitled."Where Self Esteem Flourishes: A Parent's Role in Cultivating Visible Self-Confidence in Their Children" which I co-wrote with my wife. It is the hardcopy version of a series of speeches I gave to school parents in my hometown. It was so well received I decided to put to print. After you sign up you will be directed to a page to download it.

To self confident, esteem filled kids!

Tom Adams
seeker & sharer

P.S. Can't wait to tell you some of the cool things I have learned along the way.