GPS Kids

Today my kids took their first solo flight to India ✈️🇮🇳

At their age, I was taking buses from Vijayawada to Lakshmipuram with snacks wrapped in newspaper and full confidence that “somehow” I would reach 😂

Back then, that felt like a huge adventure.

Now these kids are handling airports, boarding passes, and international travel like experts.

Different generation.
Different starting point.

And honestly, maybe that’s the goal.

Not to make life easier for our kids.
But to prepare them earlier.

Give them confidence.
Give them responsibility.
Let them learn.
And be there when they need support.

That’s how growth happens.

Also… my wife is smiling in the picture while the kids are “sad” 😂

Because for the FIRST TIME ever, they pretended to be sad leaving us.

Usually they are too excited because:
• they’re going to India to see grandparents ❤️
• or they get a break from their strict dad 😅

We’ll take this parenting win

Summer is coming.

You have two options:

→ Option A — Another summer of screens, boredom, and "I don't know what to do"
→ Option B — A summer where your kid builds an app, delivers 3 speeches, and writes their first business plan

GPS Kids summer cohorts are building now. Seats are limited. Alpharetta-based, with a free online community for anyone, anywhere.

This isn't camp. It's the summer your kid finds their voice.

→ joingpskids.com (in-person)
→ joingpskids.com/skool (free online)

6 weeks ago, she told us: "I can't code. I'm bad at computers."

Yesterday, she shipped her first app on Replit.

Here's what happened in between:

→ Week 1: Typed her first prompt into an AI copilot. It built her a button that changed colors.
→ Week 2: Sketched her idea on paper (a mood tracker for her little brother).
→ Week 3: Broke her code three times. Fixed it four.
→ Week 4: Named her app. Designed the logo.
→ Week 5: Shipped v1. Made her mom download it.
→ Week 6: Pitched it to her GPS Kids class. Standing ovation.

"I can't code" is now a sentence that doesn't exist in her vocabulary.

That's what 6 weeks of Vibe Coding does.

→ joingpskids.com

GPS Moms & Dads DIY: The Idea Jar

Grab a Mason jar. Label it "Ideas Worth Building."

→ Every day, your kid drops in ONE idea on a slip of paper — anything (a business, an app, an invention, a story)
→ No judgment. No "that's silly." Just drop it in.
→ Every Sunday, pull out 3 random slips and your kid picks ONE to make real that week
→ "Real" = a drawing, a 60-second pitch, a Replit prototype, a sign in the yard — whatever

What this does: it rewires your kid's brain from "I had an idea" to "I make ideas real."

That's the difference between a consumer and a creator.

→ joingpskids.com/skool

We open every GPS Kids class with the same question:

"What went WRONG this week?"

Not "what went right." Not "what are you proud of." What went WRONG.

Here's why:

→ Kids are trained to hide their stumbles. Parents praise wins. Teachers grade results.
→ So the most useful thing we can do is flip the script — and reward the telling of the fumble
→ Each kid names one failure. The group says "thank you for sharing." That's it.
→ Within 3 weeks, kids stop being afraid to get things wrong

Fearless kids aren't born. They're trained to name their mistakes out loud.

That's the muscle we build.

→ joingpskids.com

The skills that actually shape your kid's future — school doesn't measure any of them:

→ Walking into a room and owning it
→ Pitching an idea without apologizing first
→ Handling a "no" without crumbling
→ Leading a team when nobody appointed them
→ Taking feedback and using it
→ Turning an idea into a thing that exists

Report cards measure compliance. GPS Kids measures capacity.

Both matter. But only one predicts who your kid becomes.

→ joingpskids.com

25 kids. 100+ presentations given. 0 meltdowns.

After 4 months of running GPS Kids, the numbers tell the story:

→ 25 families, all Alpharetta and surrounding
→ 100+ live presentations delivered by kids ages 7–14
→ 14 apps, tools, or websites shipped on Replit
→ 0 tears, 0 freeze-ups, 0 "I can't do this" moments on stage

The secret isn't that our kids are fearless. It's that we've built a room where it's safe to try, safe to fumble, and impossible to fail quietly.

That's what a real stage feels like.

→ joingpskids.com

Maya, age 11.

She came to GPS Kids because her mom wanted her "a little more outgoing."

Four months later, Maya:

→ Wrote her first business plan (a dog-walking service for her neighborhood) — at the dinner table
→ Priced it, named it, and pitched it to 6 neighbors
→ Landed 3 paying clients before Labor Day
→ Saved her first $120 toward a laptop she'll use to build her next idea

Her mom said: "I thought we were signing her up for a speaking class. We got a CEO."

That's the GPS Kids difference. We don't teach kids to talk. We teach them to lead.

→ joingpskids.com

GPS Moms & Dads DIY: The Sunday Family Mission Statement

This Sunday, take 20 minutes:

→ Gather the family around the kitchen table
→ Each person answers: "What do we stand for as a family?" (one sentence)
→ Each kid answers: "What do I stand for as a kid?" (one sentence)
→ Write it on a poster board. Put it on the wall.
→ Read it out loud together every Sunday morning.

What this does: it gives your kid language for their identity. Kids who can name their values don't waver when peers push back.

This is how you raise leaders at home.

→ joingpskids.com/skool

A peek inside the free GPS Kids Skool community — the one you keep seeing us talk about:

→ Weekly "Kid Spotlight" — your child can submit a 60-second talk and get feedback from Coach Bobby
→ Parent Corner — real conversations with parents who've been where you are
→ Weekly Challenge — one family activity to run Monday–Sunday, always new
→ Build & Pitch Hall — kids share what they're coding, writing, and inventing

Free. Private. No ads. No fluff.

Just parents and kids getting braver together.

→ joingpskids.com/skool