Jocko Podcast Jocko Underground: How to Finally Get Your Kids To do What You Want Them To.
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Sep 15, 2025 Explore the dynamics of parenting with insights on earning respect without anger. Discover strategies for connecting with strong-willed children, fostering cooperation through understanding rather than discipline. Delve into the complexities of community support among parents, ensuring feelings of isolation are addressed. Uncover the challenges of moving beyond a father's shortcomings and the balance of managing emotions in parenting. Finally, examine the impact of mental health on family life and the tools for maintaining equilibrium.
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Let Kids Own Chores
- Let your child help design chores and routines so they own the outcome.
- Explain practical reasons for rules they can understand instead of abstract future benefits.
Eight-Year-Olds Can Be Capable
- Jocko recalls eight-year-olds on farms doing adult tasks like driving tractors into town.
- He uses this to show kids are more capable than parents often assume.
Use Practical Whys Kids Get
- Use pragmatic, immediate reasons kids understand to justify rules, not abstract long-term lessons.
- Explain consequences like fire safety or pests to make rules sensible to them.
