Watch our welcome video, and then meet a mom whose son is interested in becoming a professional football player. Find out what we tell her to steer his passion for football into something even more meaningful for him, and his family.

In this section, Jonathan explains the process of how to find an interest for your teenage child. This is an important step because it will create a deep inner motivation and passion in your child. 

(Our daughter Noelle drew the image you see in the banner above. She was able to simultaneously develop an interest in art with her love of horses... but not always at the same time. There was a time when one interest made more sense than the other.)

In this section, you will take your lists of interests and divide them by primary and secondary, looking for the "low hanging fruit" in your environment. This step is important because you will be able to identify those interests to focus on that won't break the family's routine and lifestyle, and yet your child will still show motivation and skill-building.

(In the above banner image, our son Simeon is 12 and found some wins by merging an interest in voice acting with equipment we had in our home.)

In this section, you'll take that cluster of 2-3 interests and you'll want to make sure that the goal is not just so that your child will enjoy this interest, but to show how it can be shared with others for their enjoyment, education and value.

(The above banner features our son Nicholas, whose interest in all things computer-related has opened many doors for him to help others out.) 

What makes passion and motivation grow?  When your child takes ownership.  This is involves planning and calculating and acting out on the interest. 

(That's our son Gideon in the banner above. Once he started developing his talent, he found the need to improve his public speaking skills. So, he recorded himself speaking 100 times and posted them on Instagram. View them here.)

In this section, you'll find that as the interest develops, doors open.  The next steps are even better because skills get stacked, your child becomes an expert in a particular field, and your child's motivation grows. 

(Our eldest son Jonathan is featured in the banner above. His initial interest in photography and music at a young age has led him to now owning his own business where he can set his own hours, decide the work he wants, and reserves plenty of time for travel and exploration.) 

Check out the videos of actual parents who are beginning right where you are now. 

You now have something to work with. Read through this section to give you some ideas on how to get through some of the distractions that might come in the way of moving forward.