As the number of job vacancies available to school-leavers and graduates continues to shrink, developing your child’s entrepreneurial ability has never been more important. In this new book, mum and entrepreneur Lorraine Allman, offers over a hundred activities and ideas, and picks the brains of some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs, sharing their insights with you.
Lorraine Allman, author of the newly published ‘Enterprising Child – developing your child’s entrepreneurial potential’ believes encouraging entrepreneurial traits in our children is the greatest gift we can impart as they face an ever more turbulent employment climate.
She says, “As a parent myself I know how bleak the future might seem for our children as they progress towards working age, but I also know that those young people who learn entrepreneurial skills and attitudes will be the ones who stand out as they apply for jobs or look to make a success of running their own business. The role of a parent in encouraging entrepreneurial characteristics in their children is absolutely crucial.”
Progress is being made in the education sector on ‘teaching’ entrepreneurial skills but there’s much more to being entrepreneurial than learning skills from a curriculum. Lorraine believes this gap can only be bridged by parents actively encouraging children as young as four to recognise and fulfil their natural entrepreneurial potential.
Lorraine continues, “There are many parents already doing great things with their children to encourage entrepreneurial spirit, but they have little or no support in doing so and there are many more parents who would like to do more for their child but are not sure how. That’s why I wrote this book. ‘Enterprising Child’ was written to give parents the ideas and guidance to help their child be the best they can, and have lots of fun in the process.”
With a foreword by ‘The Apprentice’ winner Tim Campbell MBE and interviews with well-known entrepreneurs such as Paul Lindley (Ella’s Kitchen), Laura Tenison MBE (JoJo Maman Bébé), Kirsty Henshaw (Dragons’ Den tamer) and many more, the book offers a unique insight into the nature and development of the entrepreneurial mindset, and aims to help parents help their children at the ages where parental influence and support is most significant.
The official launch of ‘Enterprising Child’ takes place at Central Working, London WC1B 3HD on
7th November 2012 with Tim Campbell MBE as guest speaker.
Enterprising Child (ISBN 978-1-78133-009-8) is available from Amazon priced £13.95
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Editor Notes
About the Author
Lorraine Allman is a mum and business woman with over 12 years’ experience running businesses, and supporting adults and young people, to do the same. She established one of the first online business information portals in the UK and went on to run a highly successful business and educational research company. Lorraine is a well-respected business mentor, and believes that learning can and should be fun whatever your age. She lives in West Wales and has a six year old son.
Praise for The Book
“Enterprising Child is a fascinating and practical book which will support and empower parents to understand the mindset and attitude necessary to teach their children the all-important skills for life in the world of work.” – Sue Atkins, ITV Parenting expert and author of ‘Parenting made easy – how to raise happy children’
Book Publisher
‘Enterprising Child’ is published by BookShaker, successful Norfolk publishers that specialise in niche books publishing unique non-fiction titles. www.bookshaker.com
Launch event
The official launch takes place at Central Working, London WC1B 3HD on Wednesday 7th November from 19:00-20:30. Tickets can be booked at http://enterprisingchildguest.eventbrite.co.uk/
Contact Information
To speak with Lorraine Allman please email [email protected] or call 07766 415121.
