To influence your kids is to make an offer and to have that offer accepted. There is a choice on both sides of the equation.
What you offer:
A front row seat to watch your life as the example of your messages.
How they accept:
Sharing their life and dreams with an invitation for feedback.
Your choice:
To allow your kids to actually see into your life—you know, behind the curtain of perfection and under the veil of certainty.
Your kids’ choice:
To trust that you will actually see them in all their perfect imperfections before you voice your feedback.
Your messages that influence aren’t heard with ears; they are heard with eyes and ears. Have you chosen to offer your influence?
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