The Ultimate Family Formula For Lifelong Parent-Child
Connection, Trust, Bonding, Respect, and Experience
Are You Connecting With Your Child
in a MEANINGFUL Way?
Does your child come to you for help or advice?
Does your son or daughter trust you?
Are you spending intentional QUALITY time with each of your kids?
Does your child express their dreams and desires with you?
Do you share your feelings with each other?
Is your time together awkward or difficult?
Are you creating ‘days to remember’ with your children?
Are you relating on a personal, soulful level?
Ready to DEEPEN Your Relationship With Your Child?
Get Started With
The 18 Summers Process
3 Simple Steps To Connect
Rhythms
Strengthen your relationship and bond using simple, structured, one on one activities and events…so that your child feels IMPORTANT and SIGNIFICANT
Lessons
Give purpose and meaning to your relationship when you infuse these critical life, business, and financial literacy skills into your time together. What’s more, it’s fun!
Experiences
Join and connect with other like-minded, conscientious entrepreneurs and their kids for a group experience you’ll remember for a lifetime.
Busy Entrepreneurs = Busy Parents
There’s no getting around it.
As a successful entrepreneur and business owner, you take great pride in your business.
You’re devoted to the company you built, the team you assembled, and the results you get for your customers.
But building and growing a business takes TIME.
And the more time you spend in your business, the less time you have with your children.
The centuries-old conundrum.
How would you like to give the same focused energy and attention to your family as you do with your business…
Without adding extra hours to your day?
Well now you can. And it’s easier than you think…
Want our Personal Help to Connect Faster and Deeper with Your Child?
Get the “Family Impact Program”

In this exclusive video training, we personally take you by the hand and guide you in your journey to connect in a deep and meaningful way with each of your children.
You’ll know exactly what to do with your child (and have FUN doing it!) including how to:
Create that special connection
Share openly and honestly without guilt, shame or fear
Discover who your child truly is
Ask the ONE question that makes all the difference in the world
Unlock the 7 principles of stellar connection
The Most Important Meeting Of Your Life…
The Family Board Meeting
“The Family Board Meeting” is your ‘bible’ for creating that parent-child relationship you’ve always imagined…
Filled with trust, meaning, love, mutual respect, and life-long connection.
Inside this ground-breaking book, you’ll discover how to…
Experience open and honest communication
Lay the foundation for everlasting trust
Revel in fun and joy consistently and often
Eliminate the ‘walls’ that might stand between you and your son or daughter
Open and share dreams
Quickly move from disconnection to connection
Be totally honest and vulnerable
Create the ‘glue’ that seals the bond between you and your child…for life
Your Board Members
Jamie Sheils
When it comes to creating successful strategies and curricula for educating our children, Jamie is a trail blazer.
Jamie founded Florida’s only Waldorf-inspired public charter school.
Jamie was Director of a Public Montessori Charter School…and developed and implemented fresh, innovative programs in several public and private schools.
Jamie and her husband Jim are the founders of The 18 Summers Movement.
They conduct wildly successful parent-child retreats, speaking engagements, and workshops worldwide.
Jim Sheils
There’s a good reason that YPO, Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), Harvard University, and other world-class business and educational organizations turn to Jim when they need to help their people succeed at home with their families…
And that’s because Jim has earned the reputation of “Crazy Glue for Families.”
Jim helps hundreds of
successful entrepreneurs, business owners, and renowned thought leaders discover the precious connection between parent and child.
His Family Board Meeting philosophy and programs have transformed countless families around the globe.
How We Can Serve You…
Consulting. Speaking. Workshops. Retreats.
18 Summers and Family Board Meetings is ready to serve you, your child, and your organization or group.
See, connecting with your son or daughter isn’t an option…
It’s the fabric of life.
Because when it happens, you and your child experience a connection on a level you never imagined, including more…
Trust
Focus
Self Esteem
Responsibility
Independence
Harmony at Home
Respect
Bonding
Compassion
Sense of Adventure
Leadership
Service
Learning
Confidence
Empathy
Sharing
Happiness
Memories
Find out how Jim and Jamie can help you to create the connection of a lifetime through their Workshops, Coaching, Consulting, Keynote Speaking Engagements, and Retreats.
