That teacher who slapped your hand, that coach who shouted loudly, and that parent who became impatient are all real human beings!!  And yes, even that little one who just spilled oil-based paint on the carpet, your child, remains a priceless, precious human being.  All human beings are just that ... a mysterious, marvelous creation!That is exactly what Jim has presented so beautifully and artistically in "Build the Fort ... Today!"

Happiness, pain, agony, love, cruelty, joy, loneliness and many other expressions of what we feel tiptoe carefully through each page.  No bells and whistles, just tender words with beautiful illustrations show that all of us are special!

 
Connecting: Heart to Heart: a 90 minute DVD featuring the initial speeches of Jim Kern – speeches he’s been delivering over the world for the past thirty years.  In this DVD, Jim addresses the major points of his early keynote speech:  1) People are important, 2) Kids are people, too, 3) We’re all different with different gifts, 4) We can change and change for the better for as long as we live, and 5) How people feel is important – perhaps as important as what we know.  In addition, Jim includes specific suggestions to be used by all who work with children in helping them learn that they are loved, important, and safe.  Using stories – some new, some familiar – Jim leads the viewer into a new view of raising kids to become responsible contributors to an ever changing society.  (The DVD costs $10.00 plus $1.50 for Postage and Handling!) .  Sample I    Sample II   More >