ITL179: How to Get Your Kids to Take Your Advice Seriously

 On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on how to get your kids to take your advice.   Kids tend to listen to somebody else before they listen to their parents. There are tons of adults who have quit learning and thinking years ago. If you want your kids to listen, you better make sure you are a person worth listening to. If we want kids to be open to our advice and seek wise counsel, we must be wise counsel. Wise counsel includes the timing of when you say things and how you say them.   I am a friend to my boys, but I am also their parent. Be friends to have tons of conversations. Talk about what they want to talk about. We want them to have the opportunity to teach us.   I’m not a fly fisherman, but I have a son who is really interested in it. When he shows me something, I ask how he does it or where he learned it, and all of a sudden he is giving me a lesson. A great majority of parents spend most of their time disciplining or warning their children, and kids get tired of it.   One of the worst things you can do in marketing is to market all the time. Your product may be valuable, but people will avoid you if they feel bombarded. One of the best things you can do is to give value and help with something unrelated. You can then mention what you’re selling every now and then, and it doesn’t make people want to avoid talking to you. This concept can and should be applied to parenting as well!   Questions for Listeners Do you have a question? Call in and your question might be featured on the show! Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY E-Mail: [email protected] Facebook.com/AndyAndrews Twitter.com/AndyAndrews