Five Rules for Inspirational Parenting is a companion series within The 7 Skills to impress™.
It applies the Identity Model to everyday family life, showing how small, repeated interactions quietly shape a child’s sense of Safety, Belonging, Esteem, Capability and Sense of Purpose.
The Five Rules translate the theory of Identity and IDQ into practical parental behaviour. They focus on:
• modelling calm under pressure
• strengthening a child’s Inner Compass
• elevating Explanatory Style
• building resilience through language
• teaching independent thinking (including Newton’s Law of Debate)
The Rules are not techniques for control. They are habits of attention and language that raise a child’s Identity Quotient over time.
They are first introduced in the Five Rules for Inspirational Parenting series in The Inner circle and are woven throughout Part 2 of The 7 Skills to impress™, where real-life stories demonstrate them under pressure.