There’s a lesson to be learned, “Don’t overlook a good idea, even if it’s an idea from a child!”  Encouraging your children and empowering their ideas will inspire them to be creative and communicate their visions to adults. This could relate to better ways of doing things in your household, improvement of simple tasks or even with ideas for a successful business.  Take Jasmine Lawrence, 16, and her mom, April’s, story, for instance.    At age 13, Jasmine created an gentle and natural hair oil that would reverse the damage of harsh salon chemicals.  After attending the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (nfte.com) business camp, she was inspired to market her creation to others.  What started by mixing ingredients in her bedroom turned into Eden Bodyworks LLC line of hair products, body lotions and candles.  April, helped her daughter with packaging, bar codes, graphic designs and the website.  Today, they’ve built their Williamstown, New Jersey, company to sales of more than $1 million, with products in private salons as well as retailers such as Whole Foods.  “Just be your kid’s biggest cheerleader,” says April.

The bottom line is, encourage your children, to be creative, motivate them to do it, and execute it.  Always listen to their ideas, even though they give you several hundred ideas one of them may stick.

You will fine that www.littlefeettoys.com is an  excellent toy site that encourages children’s imagination. 

By: Ej Opie