122. Teaching Life Lessons Through Everyday Activities with Mike Thompson

122. Teaching Life Lessons Through Everyday Activities with Mike Thompson

From Dad Improvement by Sean Coleran

June 3, 2026 · 54 min

About this episode

Sean Coleran discusses teaching life lessons to children through everyday activities with guest Mike Thompson.

This week I got to sit down with Mike Thompson for a second time! Mike was the guest on episode 74 in which we talked about changing our identity. This episode we got to talking about how to teach our children frustration tolerance and confidence. We chat about tactics we've used that helped and what hasn't. We talk about how to model this for our children and what should be expected of us when they are part of a sports team. Mike is a personal trainer that would be glad to help you be the healthiest version of yourself for your family and children, and being a father himself knows what kind of obstacles you are dealing with. To work with Mike or to just talk parenting with him (because he loves to talk parenting!) reach out to him on Instagram which you can find by clicking HERE Please remember to leave a rating, review, or subscribe if you haven't yet, I truly appreciate it! Chapters 00:00 Navigating Parenting Challenges in Sports 03:11 Building Frustration Tolerance in Children 06:01 The Balance of Support and Expectations 08:54 Modeling Learning and Growth for Kids 12:00 Teaching Emotional Intelligence and Self-Advocacy 14:58 The Importance of Trying and Participating 17:59…

People in this episode

Host: Sean Coleran

Guest: Mike Thompson

Topics covered

  • parenting
  • frustration tolerance
  • confidence building
  • sports
  • emotional intelligence
  • learning from failure

Keywords

  • parenting
  • frustration tolerance
  • confidence
  • sports teams
  • emotional intelligence
  • learning
  • failure
  • personal trainer

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