Kids Help Kids Live Their Best Kid Lives 
in Inspiring New Series of For-Kids-By-Kids Self Help Books

In the new series of by-kids-for-kids self-help books, the Evans siblings each pen enjoyable stories with nuggets of wisdom that children can use in their everyday lives. Michael (age 11) presents Never Judge a Fish on its Ability to Climb a Tree, Matthew (age 10) details The Fight for Greatness and Jocelyn (age 7) writes on Your First 10 Years of Life. Each book is meant to entertain kids while encouraging them with new ideas on how they can navigate the tumultuous years of childhood. Each book holds a fundamental message for today’s parents too: let us be kids!

Take a good look at yourselves, Mom and Dads. Are you trying to create a particular kind of adult in your child? You’re not alone. Many parents force their youngsters to do things they have no connection to. Mothers enroll their daughters in dance or gymnastics because it’s what they did as children. Fathers send their sons on a field to play tackle football to relive their past glory.

Have you ever considered that you may be interfering with your child’s true path in life?

Studies have shown that when a child is forced to do an activity they have no connection to, they often perform weakly at it. They may then attribute their capabilities in that particular activity to other areas in their lives. A slow swimmer may suffer from low self-esteem which could lead to other problems such as depression, isolation, and overeating.

In Never Judge a Fish on its Ability to Climb a Tree, a paraphrased quote from Albert Einstein, 11-year-old Michael motivates peers to discover their hidden talents. His book speaks to the artist who struggles with a sport, the athlete who battles with literature, the writer who can’t crack math and so on. Children learn to find the burning internal desire that makes them happy in life and then go after it. Michael urges kids to not judge themselves by their failures or accomplishments — A’s and F’s don’t define a child! He wants children to embrace the present and reach today’s full potential.

In The Fight for Greatness, 10-year-old Matthew echoes his older brother’s call for living in the now, teaching peers to combat their most formidable adversary: themselves. Matthew writes about a boy, also named Matthew, who dreams of becoming a BMX champion. Everyone, including his parents, tells Matthew the sport is too dangerous. He begins to believe them and eventually quits his passion. Luckily, he meets a BMX champion who offers him sage advice. The only way for Matthew to reach his goal is to believe he can do it. The Fight for Greatness teaches children that the greatest accomplishments of mankind started with a dream and were made possible by not letting anyone, including parents, get in the way.

In Your First 10 Years of Life, 7-year old Jocelyn breaks down, in an easy to understand way, the precious amount of spare time adolescents have in childhood. So many of a youth’s hours are spent doing things they have to do, like sleeping, eating and homework. There are few hours left for play and discovery. Jocelyn encourages kids to not waste those hours watching television or buried in video games. She encourages readers to make every minute an adventure.

Michael, Matthew and Jocelyn are all homeschooled by their father, Michael Evans, Sr., a life and career coach and author of The Real Matrix. Their days consist of two hours of math, reading, literature and science, followed by one hour of mindfulness and plenty of exploring.

Michael Sr. says he chose to homeschool his children after he discovered his oldest, Michael Jr., struggling in both public and private schools. “He had a hard time staring at a chalkboard all day,” he remembers.

Michael, Sr. also found he disagreed with the core philosophy of today’s schools that educate children according to a rigid set of standardized rules. “Today’s schools are simply creating carbon copies of people they perceive as successful.”

Once his son was removed from the traditional system, he began to flourish. “Today, Michael is a talented writer who excels in lacrosse, a sport he found on his own,” says his father. “In his free time, he loves swimming in the ocean with his friends and contemplating the works of Fulke Greville and Christopher Hitchens. He also loves watching Family Guy.”

Middle child Matthew is the daredevil of the family. He is a surfer, skater, lacrosse player and yes, a BMX biker. He is also a dedicated student of mindfulness, art and cosmology.

Youngest child Jocelyn enjoys dancing and gymnastics, however, she would be the first to admit that her dreams and passions are subject to change. In the meantime, she simply relishes living a non-mechanical life. “It’s rare to see a seven-year-old so committed to making every second count,” laughs Dad. “We can all learn a lesson from Jocelyn.”

Never Judge a Fish on its Ability to Climb a Tree, The Fight for Greatness and Your First 10 Years of Life are all available on Amazon.