17 July 2010 ~ 14 Comments

Hey Parents, Turn Your Kids Onto Josh Shipp

Mammas don’t let your babies grow up to be little Mofo’s.

What I mean by that is… depending upon your level of conservatism there are a lot of things that I say or do that probably should not be aired in front of your kids. I’m not the ideal role model for a bunch of 17 year old Mormon boys about to embark on a spiritual mission.

On the other hand, I’d like to introduce you to a guy that you should introduce your kids to if you want them to embark on a solid, mature and responsible path to adulthood. His name is Josh Shipp.

Josh is a motivational speaker for teens and I just totally dig his stuff. I think a bunch of adults could do themselves some good to listen to him as well.

I can’t exactly remember how I came across his stuff. I think it may have been a Facebook message he sent me about this hip hop song he put together with a few buddies. The song is about graduating from school in the year 2010.

I’m super picky about the kind of hip hop music I like. I mean, really picky. It’s hard to earn my respect in the hip hop world as so much of it is over inflated hype, violent, fictional garbage and blatant lies. Josh takes another approach and blew my mind with this video…

Good stuff huh? I told ya.

Anyhow, I posted this blog because I’m sure there are many of you out there with 14 to 18 year old kids that are in need of some type of guidance. And lets face it, kids need as many good role models as they can find out there today. Especially with easy access to just about everything on the internet.

So today I thought I would introduce you to Josh Shipp and his amazing talent to inspire young kids to become great adults. I haven’t met him personally, but am confident he is one solid guy that is on a path to doing astonishing things for himself and others around him.

Here’s another clip of Josh from his website and a couple of links to follow him around the web. Enjoy…

Josh Shipp Blog
Hey Josh for kids
Hey Josh for adults
Josh Shipp on Twitter
Hey Josh on Facebook

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14 Responses to “Hey Parents, Turn Your Kids Onto Josh Shipp”

  1. Theresa 17 July 2010 at 4:34 am Permalink

    Cool deal Jason, as a parent and a person who works with street kids I appreciate the extra nod to a resource :)

    t

  2. Marc Rodill 17 July 2010 at 4:51 am Permalink

    I dig it. That’s a good video no matter who you are.

  3. Sean malarkey 17 July 2010 at 5:33 am Permalink

    Nice, the beat, lyrics & timing all are all on point. Reminds me of that Nas song “the world is yours”.
    Thanks for sharing

  4. Scott Myers 17 July 2010 at 9:38 am Permalink

    Good stuff Jason.

    I’ll be showing this to my 14 tear old daughter. She could use this.

    Scott

  5. Chris Hughes 17 July 2010 at 9:52 am Permalink

    Jason, thank you for sharing this! I’ll be forwarding it to my younger cousins and I hope that they’ll watch it! They seem to listen to me a little more than they listen to their parents so hopefully it’ll work out :)

    I’d never heard of Josh before but will now be watching more of his stuff and spreading his word.

    Thanks,
    Chris

  6. Jim Hallmark 17 July 2010 at 10:10 am Permalink

    Awesome video Jason! Thanks for sharing it. As a parent to not one but 3 teenagers I really appreciate all the help I can get. It’s easy for your own kids to tune you out sometimes but they WILL listen to others. Therefore, it’s important to me as a parent to help find some of those “others” that can help reinforce what I’m trying to teach them at home and in the long run help them to be stong, independent and caring adults who give back to society. That’s all that I can hope for. Thanks again my friend.
    Jim

  7. Dr George 17 July 2010 at 1:44 pm Permalink

    Hey there Jason,

    Awesome share. I think we sometimes the importance to setting up a new generation with the emotional skills to get them though the good and the bad.
    Working at the sharp end with people who have hit rock bottom, I really hope that all parents and kids get to see this type of speaker. It’s little moments in life like this that can shape an amazing future for so many people.
    Already finding the rest of his stuff to share with my guys.

    Thanks mate!

    Dr G

  8. Livingstone 17 July 2010 at 2:29 pm Permalink

    Jason,

    Thanks for sharing this Bro. Never heard of this guy before. Between his rapping and speaking, his talent is great. Seems to have drive and initiative too, so thankfully the whole world may be able to hear him! Sweet!

    LS

  9. Dennis 17 July 2010 at 3:02 pm Permalink

    I really for the most part I”m into classic rock, but I like the vid with the lyrics, very cool and great message for any age.
    I wish I was in austin with you sittin at lake travis sucking down a margarita 8-)
    Keep up the posts my friend. good job.
    take care my friend.

  10. Brian D. Shelton 17 July 2010 at 3:04 pm Permalink

    Jason, so glad to hear you are hooked up with Josh. My daughter loves him – and she’s only 8!

    I hope you and the lady friend are well.

    All my best,
    Brian

  11. Motivational Speaker 17 July 2010 at 5:05 pm Permalink

    A good one for our children. Nice video.

  12. Jay 18 July 2010 at 4:21 am Permalink

    Josh is awesome Jason.

    Thanks for the intro. I needed something like this to show to my friend’s son that is having a hard time at 14 years old.

    Great stuff! Keep it coming…


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