Of course, the job is not for everyone and to say the parents' list of qualifications is long would be an understatement. Here it is in it's full glory:

Bachelors degree in Psychology, Counseling, Education or related field

2+ years working with children as an athletic coach, teacher, summer camp coach etc

Current/Former student-athlete in college hockey

Moderate to expert skier

Passion for personal well-being journey

Enthusiastic about health and wellness

Walks the talk of living a healthy lifestyle and leads by example

Is well versed in and passionate about plant-based eating

Has experience successfully coaching children to change their lifestyle behaviors and habits

Is an effective teacher/coach

Curious and driven to learn

Energetic and passionate

Inspiring and motivating

Positive mindset

Creative and innovative

Responsible and organized

Takes initiative

Enjoys being part of a team

Mission driven and deeply moved to help people transform their lives

Strong behavioral and psychological skills: Able to identify obstacles to success and help children effectively overcome them

The emotional maturity and interpersonal skills to handle challenging children

Effective communication skills, such as use of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening and summarizing, to help a child increase motivation and ownership to making a change

Help children develop achievable and measurable goals to monitor success and motivate ongoing behavioral change

Help children develop and exploit their strengths to support successful behavioral changes

Very comfortable with technology and capacity to use or learn multiple software and online learning platforms

Loves outdoors

Calming energy

Super active

Flexible schedule

Doesn’t mind getting in the household management weeds with diapers, cleaning etc.

Healthy lifestyle

Can travel/overnight stays

Wants to work hard/be busy

Unequivocal excellence

Continually strives for perfection

Wins

Does the right thing

Compassion

Honesty and integrity

Hungry for achievement

Is enthusiastic, energetic, tenacious, and competitive

Encourages individual ability and creativity

Maintains accountability

Works hard

Is never satisfied

Is interested in continuous self-improvement

Helps first

Exhibits professionalism

Encourages individual initiative

Growth-oriented

Treats everyone with respect

Believes opportunity is based on merit; no one is entitled to anything

Has creativity, dreams, and imagination

Has personal integrity

Isn’t cynical

Exhibits modesty and humility alongside confidence

Practices fanatical attention to consistency and detail

Truth

Values Experiences as education

3G’s. Grit, growth, gratitude

That's not all though, the right person for the job also has to adhere to the family's "high performance culture standards." According to the post, that means:

You posses Grit - despite tremendous adversity and against all odds you find a way to succeed

You have a continual thirst for Growth - You believe with all your heart that you are meant to grow so you have more to give and that Progress = Happiness

You are Grateful and consistently trade expectation for appreciation - You practice gratitude and realize you have not achieved success alone. you've had help along the way which gives you a humble mindset.

You keep pushing yourself harder when everyone else has thrown in the towel

You are authentic. You know exactly who you are and are not here to impress anyone

You're not intimidated by pressure or performance results, you actually thrive on it

You don't compete with anyone, you only compete with yourself and compare how you performed yesterday

You thrive on consistent Feedback and believe that it is the pathway to growth

You don't have to love the hard work, but you crave the end results

You'd rather be respected than liked

You don't recognize failure; sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. you know there's more than one way to get what you want.

You never get complacent because you always want more

You understand that agreement is optional but commitment is not you are always committed to running the play that is called

You have meaningful and sometimes tough conversations regularly and speak the truth. HDR. Honest, Direct, Respectful

You live with Integrity - integrity in life and in communication with others

You surround yourself with like-minded successful people - You begin to think like they do, You begin to act like they do, You begin to perform like they do, their success rubs off on you

Bottom line, You don't just do your job, you define your job

No word on how many people have applied or if the parents truly expect to find someone that fits all their criteria, but if you think you're perfect for the position, you can apply here.

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