It's National YOUTH CONFIDENCE DAY and the Mickey Mantle Story

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A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... And I Know that YOU Can Be a HERO TOO!

TCN Mornings Episode 251 -

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Hey kids! Hey parents!

It's Wednesday, the 20^th day of October. AND...... It is National Youth Confidence Day! I’m quoting now from the National Day Calendar website: “Building a framework of positive role models is vital to developing responsible, confident young adults. Incidentally, National Youth Confidence Day, on October 20, encourages us to connect and inspire today’s youth for tomorrow’s success.” Wait a minute! Isn’t that what we do EVERY DAY here at TCN Mornings? Well, at any rate, welcome into National Youth Confidence Day!!

AND... if today, happens to be your birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!

Someone else who was born on this day was a man named Mickey. What?

NO...I said a MAN, not a mouse...Come on!! His name is Mickey Mantle, and you know when I was your age, Mickey Mantle was REALLY big stuff in baseball! He was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. His story is called The Mickey Mantle Story, and it starts right now.

So, did you notice it started when Mickey Mantle was a kid. And not just a kid, a LITTLE kid.

Now, does that mean if YOU start seriously practicing baseball (or whatever sport) as a kid, YOU will become one of the GREAT athletes someday?

Well, maybe. But maybe not. Some people’s natural talents ARE in sports. But for most of us, that’s not the case. HOWEVER, there IS SOMETHING that you CAN be REALLY REALLY good at.

Something that, if you discover what it is and develop it, it will serve you well! So, keep your eyes and ears open. Look for what interests you and learn all you can about it. Look for those things you are good at doing.

Develop your talent to the best it can possibly be. Then use that talent to help yourself, your family, AND (and this is important, too!) Use your talent to HELP others. And you, too, can become a hero! Oh, and this being YOUTH CONFIDENCE Day... there is NOTING that can instill confidence more than discovering and developing a personal talent! Something certainly worth thinking about on this Wednesday morning!

Alright then...Just ahead, another visit with my Old Irish Pappy... Also, the Question of the Day, and A Reflection of Your Future. It’s comin’ up NEXT on this Wednesday edition of TCN Mornings.

But right now, let’s talk about how we might provide these stories for YOUR school! You know, over the past 22 years, these stories have been played during morning announcements in hundreds of schools around the country. Each story is about 2-minutes in length, and they are typically played twice a week. A story from the Beginning of a Hero series on Tuesdays and a story from The Beginning of a Famous Hero Series on Thursdays. If you think YOUR school would like to participate, just have your Principal or Counselor write to [e-mail]. Or go to TCNmornings.com and click Membership.

So, let’s just jump in and start with a visit to the memory of My Old Irish Pappy, and as always, there's not a day that goes by when I don't remember something my Pappy taught me.

Good advice that is....as always.. Don’t be a complainer! If you truly have a complaint, take it to the person who can actually do something about it.

Don’t just gripe to your friends (or anyone else who will listen to you). And, certainly, don’t go posting it on social media. When you do that, it’s just a bunch of gossip. And nothing good ever comes from gossiping!

And...here we go with the QUESTION OF THE DAY! We talked earlier about Mickey Mantle, who played baseball for the New York Yankees, and I said that he was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He retired from baseball 53 years ago, he STILL holds some world records in baseball!

So, your question is to name at least one record that Mickey Mantle set that has never been broken after all these years. Name at least one record that Mickey Mantle set that has never been broken after all these years.

If you know, email your answer to [e-mail]. Tell us your first name, your city and state, and of course, your answer, and the first correct answer will be featured right here TOMORROW. That email address again is [e-mail].

Oh, and the answer to yesterday's question: Remember that yesterday was Kentucky day, and I mentioned, among other things that Kentucky is known for, that it is the birthplace of one of the most beloved Presidents of the United States. So, that was your question: What beloved President was born in Kentucky? Well, Aviana in Sunrise, Florida answered correctly, Abraham Lincoln. She also said that two OTHER presidents grew up in Kentucky, but Abraham Lincoln was the only one actually born there. So, Aviana, thank you so much for that answer!

Okay, one more segment is just ahead, and I...well, I’ll will see you tomorrow for the Thursday edition of TCN Mornings right here on The Character Network.

Reflection:

Closer.

Dear Parents,

After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN Method™ to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials

This program, The Beginning of a Famous Hero™ is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!™ in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment.

These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it’s just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.”

They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help relate consequences of actions and attitudes today (good or bad) to that future self.

It is the spaced repetition of these principles that makes the program effective. It is the 100% turn-key presentation that makes it easy!

This program takes VIRTUALLY NO TIME (only 4 minutes a week!) away from classroom instruction. But it also provides a common language across the entire campus when teachable moments occur!

The TCN Method has been extraordinarily successful in the past, in almost a thousand schools all across America, from California to New York, with a special concentration all over Texas, where The Character Network is based, and has been used to the benefit of well over a million students across the past two decades.

Then Covid struck, with the majority of schools ceasing in classroom instruction altogether for the majority of the previous school year, and after years of successful growth, we found ourselves in the very difficult situation of having to rebuild almost from scratch. So we started a morning podcast to help make the principles and teachings of TCN available to kids to have at home… but we need help from parents like you to get the word out, and also to help us gather financial support to once again make the method available again to not just the schools we lost due to Covid, but to every school and every child who could benefit and needs this going forward.

We invite you to become a coworker with us on our mission. Please start by visiting us at www.Patreon.com/theCharacterNetwork and considering becoming a sponsor for this work, and then dropping us a line at [e-mail] so we can learn more about you. Thank you so much!

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