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Kobe Bryant's Legacy in Fatherhood
Transforming Parenthood with Hard Work and Emotional Intelligence
Javaree Walker
August 24, 2024
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In this special edition, I highlight some lessons from Kobe Bryant on Mamba Day 8/24/24!
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In This Week’s Newsletter:
Quote of The Week - “Everything I’m building now is because of them and for them” - Kobe Bryant
Javaree Talks - Kobe Bryant’s dad legacy
Kobe Shared - Kobe Bryant quotes from interviews
In The News - New Kobe & Gigi statue revealed
Dad Joke Of The Week- - Why did the basketball dad bring a ladder to the game?
JAVAREE TALKS
Kobe Bryant's approach to parenting his girls was as legendary as his basketball career. Kobe applied transformational parenting skills, focusing on empowerment, emotional intelligence, and modeling perseverance. He emphasized the importance of hard work, dedication, and, most importantly, embracing challenges—lessons he passed on to his daughters.
Kobe also encouraged his girls to pursue their passions with the same 'Mamba Mentality' that defined his career, fostering a growth mindset and resilience. His commitment to being present and supportive, even in the face of his demanding basketball and production careers, set a powerful example of what it means to be a devoted father. We can adopt similar transformational parenting practices, emphasizing love, support, and the relentless pursuit of excellence in both ourselves and our children.
Here are 8 tips based on the "Mamba Mentality" that Kobe Bryant championed, which you can apply to parenting:
Encourage your children to face challenges head-on, teaching them that obstacles are opportunities for growth rather than setbacks.
Show dedication, perseverance, and hard work in your life. Your actions will inspire your children to adopt the same mindset.
Support your children in pursuing their passions with intensity and focus, helping them develop a deep love for what they do.
Teach your kids the importance of bouncing back from failures. Let them know that setbacks are part of the journey to success.
Prioritize quality time with your children, showing them that they are valued and important despite any other demands in your life.
Instill the belief that abilities can be developed through dedication and effort, helping your children see themselves as capable of continuous improvement.
Teach your children to take responsibility for their actions and decisions, encourage them to learn from their mistakes, and help them understand that accountability is key to personal growth.
Emphasize the value of lifelong learning. Encourage your children to stay curious, ask questions, and seek knowledge in every aspect of their lives, just as Kobe continuously sought to improve his game and mind.
Flashback to 7 secure attachment lessons inspired by Kobe's father.
KOBE SHARED
“Kids can’t see how hard you work…they don’t really see the effort, right? So how can we teach our children what it means to work hard? You do it through training. So when I get up in the morning at 4 am…my daughter goes with me. My 15-year-old goes with me to school, and it becomes a dad-daughter thing…through that process, she understands the value of hard work… it’s through those behaviors I find the motivation to do it”
“It’s a balancing act. And that’s the thing that’s important is understanding that we have to have so much energy. Can’t say I’m too tired. I’m going to lay down. You have to be on”
“My kids’ volleyball, basketball, school work ― they work every day, and that’s how you instill it in them, where it becomes a behavioral thing and it doesn’t matter what they decide to do [as adults]. Like if Gianna decides to not play basketball when she grows up, it’s fine, but she understands the discipline that it takes to work at something every single day. So whether she wants to be a writer, a director, a doctor, a lawyer, she’ll have those characteristics. It’s a behavior. Also, it’s observing you — and not just me, my wife too. It’s her commitment to the children and making sure that they’re on point, schedule, school work. Everything is sharp; everything is there every single day. Seeing me get up, train and work hard.”
“When Bianka was born and Capri was born, it was an odd mix of pure happiness and fulfillment but at the same time a little sadness, because I knew that my two older girls were going to age. Of course, you know they’re going to age, but when Bianka and Coco are 6 and 4, Natalia is going to be 20, Gianna is going to be 17, and I’m like, ahh. It just puts things in perspective. Time has no mercy. I wish I had a TiVo button, just pause it for a second.”
DAD JOKE OF THE WEEK
Why did the basketball dad bring a ladder to the game?
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To help his kids reach new heights!
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