Teaching by example, listening to them, including kids in decision making and solutions, and creating opportunities for them to experience age appropriate autonomy are ways to influence your children. Influence has longer staying power than control and is much harder to engage in. It requires self-awareness and some honesty about your parenting motives. Listen to this week's podcast for a toe dip into this topic. Remember I am using "The Journey of the Heroic Parent" as a guide for these episodes. Please read this book!