Parenting has its eye towards producing future adults. One powerful adult forming tool is instilling good habits in our kids. A well parented habit can pay dividends in the long run by building the muscle memory to do what otherwise would not be natural. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Brian Sutter examples this by suggesting three habits that will produce very welcome attributes in our children as adults.

Show notes:

Healthy habits can help grow and mature our children. And yet, to do this, the habit needs to grow and mature with the child. Three examples are given.

Example 1: Goal: To produce thankful adults.

• Habit – Say, "Thank you."
• Growing habit – Say, "Thank you for _________."
• Maturing habit – Say, "Thank you for _________ that is a gift to me."

Example 2: Goal: To produce a humble adults.

• Habit – Say, "I'm sorry."
• Growing habit – Say, "I'm sorry I ________."
• Maturing habit – Say, "I __________, how did that make you feel? I'm sorry."

Example 3: Goal: To produce adults who are good listeners.

• Habit – Say, "Tell me what you think."
• Growing habit – Say, "Tell me what you think, I have a lot to learn."
• Maturing habit – Say, "Tell me what you think, I have a lot to learn and value your insights."