Topics discussed in this episode:
- Justin & Kylie respond to an email from a listener about breaking bad parenting habits
- The habit loop - cue, craving, response, reward.
- The product of parenting is not the child, it's the parent
- The only way to raise great kids is to be great ourselves
- How to break a habit
- Decide ahead of time what you're going to do instead
- Practice, practice, practice
- Under pressure we revert to our most practiced behaviour
- Hold the mirror up to yourself after every interaction
James Clear Atomic Habits
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