Raising Kids Who Are Easy to Love | Teri Peck | Ep. 35

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Some links below are affiliate links.Brenton and Teri are back for their third conversation on Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life — this time covering Rules 5 and 6. Rule 5 is the one that makes parents uncomfortable: "Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them." Rule 6 is the one most people skip: "Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world."The conversation goes places you don't expect. Peterson's argument isn't really about what annoys you as a parent — it's about the fact that your kids will face a world that has no patience for what you let slide at home. Society doesn't give warnings. It just punishes. Brenton and Teri work through what that actually means in practice: what discipline is for, why gentle parenting falls short, how punishment should end the moment it ends, and why consistency matters more than intensity.Midway through, Teri shares something personal. She's three weeks out from a hysterectomy — miserable, exhausted, not herself — and she talks about what she's been reaching for to get through it: gratitude. Not as a feeling, but as a discipline. Making lists. Finding the dogs. The warm house. The people who brought meals. It's one of the most grounded and honest things she's said on the show.They close with Rule 6 and Peterson's core point: don't tear down a fence before you understand why it's there. That applies to traditions, to institutions, to the structure of your own life. Clean up what you can control before you blame the world for what you can't.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrentonPeckPodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brentonpeckpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brentonpeckpodcastWebsite: https://www.brentonpeckpodcast.comTeri Peck, co-host and creator of Peck's NestFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pecksnestInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pecksnestTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pecksnestYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PecksNestBooks & Resources MentionedAs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos — Jordan Peterson: https://amzn.to/48b1fFCHappiness Is a Serious Problem — Dennis Prager: https://amzn.to/4dN2c95