5-P's-2-Raising a Child
Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance
American spends approximately $445 billion dollars a year on law enforcement, predicated and depending on the middle and low income families not developing the Next Generation babies.
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Preparation
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Prevents
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Poor
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Performance
About the Author
Earnest James Hinkle
Born August 20, 1959, in the state of Mississippi. Raised in the country, Ernest enjoyed hunting, ran track, and played football in high school. He served three years in the military and earned a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice.
He served 33 years in law enforcement, working in county jails and state prisons. Through decades of talking with incarcerated men, most of whom couldn't recall a single meaningful conversation with their fathers, he discovered the mission that would become this book.
Today, Earnest loves jogging, pumping iron, coaching baseball, working with youth, gardening, and creating something beautiful out of something ugly. He believes education is the key to everything and that learning from somebody else's mistakes is better than learning from your own.
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Years in Law Enforcement
52
Conversations
About the Author
An Introduction to Conversations for any and everybody not just family.
5-P's-2-Raising a Child is the awareness of what creates broken homes, weak families, weak communities, weak societies and that a weak is just undeveloped generation of babies.
Talk
5-P's-2-Raising a Child is the strategizing of battle that we know our childrens will counter, proper preparation prevents poor performance.
Grow
From self-respect to finances, from peer pressure to health — 52 chapters cover the real-world topics every child will face, long before they reach the point of crisis.
Raise
Old heads passing down wisdom and knowledge so the young head won't have the same up Hill to climb, or a least be better equipped to climb.
The Inspiration
Growing up in rural Mississippi in the '60s and '70s, Earnest saw a repeated cycle: families academically challenged, teenagers dropping out, young men going to prison as if they were going to school.
After 35 years inside county jails and state prisons, he came to a conclusion: the root causes were absent fathers, lack of early academic intervention, and parents who simply didn't know what conversations to have.
"I believe I have nailed it. Proper preparation prevents poor performance."
The Book
THE WAY WE RAISE A CHILD TODAY SHAPES THE ADULT THEY BECOME TOMORROW
5-P’s-2-Raising A Child
Every word, lesson, and example helps shape a child’s future. In 5-P’s-2-Raising A Child, Earnest James Hinkle shares practical wisdom to help parents, grandparents, guardians, and mentors raise children with purpose, integrity, discipline, and strong values.
Discover timeless principles for building character, breaking unhealthy cycles, strengthening families, and creating a lasting legacy for future generations.
Raise children with purpose. Build stronger families. Leave a lasting legacy.
About the Author
Conversations for Life
Each chapter is in introduction to a conversation, but our life experience should complete the conversation.
Chapter 1
Getting To Know Ourselves First
Chapter 2
Preparing Ourselves For A Relationship
Chapter 3
Red Flags
Chapter 4
Boundaries
Chapter 5
Chasing
Chapter 6
Wild 'N Out
Chapter 7
Relationships
Chapter 8
Building Code For Relationships
Chapter 9
Finance
Chapter 10
Economic Security
Chapter 11
Being A Parent
Chapter 12
Affording Children
Chapter 13
Teen Pregnancy
Chapter 14
Custodial Moms
Chapter 15
Psychological Umbilical Cord
Chapter 16
Father's
Chapter 17
Daddy's Issues
Chapter 18
Co-Parenting
Chapter 19
Bonding With Our Children
Chapter 20
Building Our Child's Character
Chapter 21
Grooming Our Children's
Chapter 22
Teach A Child
Chapter 23
Academics
Chapter 24
Illiteracy
Chapter 25
Motivational Speaking
Chapter 26
9 To 10
Chapter 27
Comfort Zone
Chapter 28
Self-Respect
Chapter 29
Respecting Authority
Chapter 30
Reliable And Responsible
Chapter 31
Adversity
Chapter 32
Peer Pressure
Week 33
Drugs And Alcohol
Week 34
Guns
Week 35
Child's Friends
Week 36
Dress Codes
Chapter 37
Truth
Chapter 38
Protect Our Peace
Chapter 39
Too Early To Get Comfortable
Chapter 40
Child's Expectation
Chapter 41
Child's Health
Chapter 42
Dinner Table Conversation
Chapter 43
Teach Them To Be Grateful
Chapter 44
Four Hands On The Cradle
Chapter 45
Poor
Chapter 46
Street's Don't Love Nobody
Chapter 47
Child's Sport
Chapter 48
Teenage And Jobs
Chapter 49
Being Proactive
Chapter 50
Child's Exit Plan
Chapter 51
Communication
Chapter 52
A Book
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"5-P's-2-Raising a Child understand the importance of giving back to the community, particularly during the holiday season. However, "handouts" alone only serve to leave an already underserved community, facing political, social, and economic challenges, stagnant and complacent.
The 5-P's-2-Raising a Child is dedicated to building strong communities through education about life, knowledge, awareness, development, and preparation.
Let's start giving our communities something that will help develop and strengthen them so that the next generation won't need "handouts."
Let's add a book to what we are giving."
— Earnest James Hinkle, Dedication from 5-P's-2-Raising a Child
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5-P's-2-Raising a Child is the awareness of a unconscious derelict of duty by a parent to developing the Next Generation Babies.
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