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One of the best things we can do to help our kids grow is to help them get outside of their

comfort zone and to do the same.

For us to get outside of our comfort zone.

I'm John Fuller along with Danny

can you remember any time when you had to kind of push a kid because you know we all

like our safe space we all like what we know. There have been many moments in my in my

kids lives. But one that stands out for me right now is when my daughter first was

going to maybe try theater and she loves singing and did not like for us

to even watch her sing and we were contemplating signing her up for a theater group

and seeing how she would do it.

She said, no, dad, I don't want people staring at me.

We said, hey, just try it.

You don't even have to be in the show. Just try and see if you love it.

And so that non-threatening step, that just initial step helped her just at least try it out.

And she started to fall a little bit in love with that and then other adults

started to help her gain that confidence and it was a long process and I

remember her first show the curtains opened up and she said And I'm

I'm kind of nervous. How many people do you think are going to be there?

I said, you know, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know how many.

It was a packed house it was sold out

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