e033 – The Part-Time Jungle Podcast: Launch Your Kid with Jane Kristoffy

Jane Kristoffy is an educational strategist who helps students find their academic direction. She motivates tweens and teens to unleash their potential by helping them develop their learning and life skills, and find their passions and strengths. Jane lives in Toronto, Canada with her Labradoodle and two teenagers and has been a teacher and guidance counsellor for over twenty-five years. Jane founded Right Track Educational Services in 2012, and works closely with students and families, virtually and in real life. She’s a popular speaker on a variety of education and parenting topics, as well as a regular guest expert on national television news programs. Jane is the author of Launch Your Kid: How to Promote Your Child’s Academic & Personal Success (without being a helicopter parent), which is jam-packed with no-nonsense tips for parents about how to get their kids through school and ready for the real world! In this episode: Launching our kids. As parents, we can do little things each day to give our kids the learning & life skills that they need to be prepared to launch into the real world! Building resilience in our kids involves letting them face the consequences, normalizing failure & struggle, being a good listener, & providing opportunities for responsibility.  Nurturing 21st century skills prepares our kids for the changing world that they will be launching into. These skills include grit, growth mindset, self-advocacy, collaboration, communication, creativity, citizenship, character, & critical thinking.  There are three chapters in the motherhood journey but we often don’t think about or prepare for Chapter 3. Chapter 1: Before having your family; Chapter 2: Raising your family; and Chapter 3: Launching your kids.   Connect with Jane: * Instagram: @jane_right_track https://www.instagram.com/jane_right_track/ * Facebook: @RightTrackEducationalServices https://www.facebook.com/RightTrackEducationalServices * Website: https://www.righttrackeducation.ca * Book: Launch Your Kid: How to Promote Your Child’s Academic & Personal Success (without being a helicopter parent) * https://www.righttrackeducation.ca/product-page/launch-your-kid * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janekristoffy/ * YouTube: Career Stories * https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL30tjlBKtji20-6vX2VmpfLgfbcH6Za4N On this episode of The Part-Time Jungle Podcast, I had a great conversation with Jane about her motherhood and work journey as a mom of two kids working in the field of education. She talked about launching our kids into the real world, strategies to build resilience in our children, the importance of nurturing 21st century skills, the three chapters in the motherhood journey, and so much more!  If you prefer to listen, check out Episode 33 of The Part-Time Jungle Podcast.  I really enjoyed my conversation with Jane. She is incredibly personable, warm, and engaging. I love how Jane gets us thinking ahead to that third chapter of our motherhood journey when we are launching our kids into the real world. With our oldest heading child heading into high school in the fall, suddenly this doesn’t feel too far off!