Strength Isn’t Given, It’s Inherited | Training Around Your Kids This Mother’s Day

The strongest habits aren’t taught. 

They’re watched. 

Research shows children with active parents are up to four times more likely to be active themselves. 

Not because they’re told to train. 

Because they grow up seeing it. 

Seeing discipline become routine. Seeing resilience in real time. Seeing someone show up — again and again. 

Strength isn’t built in a moment. 

It’s inherited. 

For Lara, that example was her mum, Jacqui. 

Growing Up Around Strength

Some of the most powerful lessons in life aren’t spoken. 

They’re seen. 

At finish lines. During early morning training. In the quiet consistency of showing up. 

“I remember walking around with my mum’s medal after races. That was probably the first moment I realised that no one else’s mum did what she did.” 

Training and racing weren’t unusual parts of Lara’s childhood. 

They were normal. 

And that environment matters. 

Studies consistently show that children who grow up around physically active parents are far more likely to develop active lifestyles themselves. When movement is part of everyday life at home, it becomes part of identity. 

Not something you start later. 

Something you grow up with. 

Training Around Your Kids 

For many mothers, training happens around family life. 

But often, that’s exactly where the biggest lessons are learned. 

Lara remembers one moment clearly. 

“One of my clearest memories is being in a pram going up a hill and realising it wasn’t actually my mum pushing me — it was one of her clients using the pram like a sled push. And that was completely normal to me.” 

What might look unusual from the outside becomes completely normal when you grow up around it. 

And research backs this up. 

Strength Is More Than Physical 

When Lara talks about her mum’s strength, she isn’t just talking about racing or training. 

She’s talking about resilience. 

“Injuries never stopped her. She would always find another challenge or another way forward. It showed me that there’s always something bigger you can go for.” 

Psychologists refer to this as modelling behaviour — the idea that children learn attitudes and coping strategies by observing the people around them. 

Seeing someone push through setbacks, adapt and keep going teaches lessons that last far beyond sport. 

It builds persistence. Confidence. And belief. 

Strength That Carries Forward 

Jacqui never set out to deliberately “teach” strength. 

“I never really thought about it. I just went about my daily life and gave my kids the chance to try lots of different sports.” 

But environment shapes everything. 

“I grew up surrounded by strong people — people training and competing. That just became part of who I am.” 

Strength wasn’t something Lara discovered later. 

It was something she grew up around. 

Something she absorbed. 

Something she inherited. 

 

 

Strength isn’t taught in a single moment. 

It’s built over years of watching, learning and showing up. 

Because the strongest lessons aren’t spoken. 

They’re lived. 

Strength isn’t given. It’s inherited. 

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