Way of the Warrior Kid
by Jocko Willink
Willink's middle-grade novel: a boy who cannot do a pull-up or swim spends a summer with his Navy SEAL uncle learning discipline, study, exercise and standing up to bullies. Kids love it and parents report real behavior change.
Read it if…
you have an 8-to-12-year-old who needs a model of discipline that is not a lecture.
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Skip it if…
you dislike military framing for children.
Try instead: Mikey and the Dragons →
Three things you will actually use
- Discipline is a choice made daily.
- Weakness is a starting point, not a verdict.
- Hard work on small things builds big ones.
Do this first
Read it with your child and let them set one summer goal with a daily practice.
Our verdict
Discipline kids actually read.
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