This post is going to be a little off the norm as most TRP members seem to be living to bachelor years to the fullest but for anyone out there with kids this is aimed for you.

Frame and why it's good for children to see

No matter who you marry and decide to have children with you will be tested. Had a rough day at work and your wife feels like testing you? Hold frame. Showing your children that despite the attempts their father doesn't lose his cool, or raise his voice is monumental. How you handle stressful situations and problem solve as adults will effect how your children act as well. Some kid at school is starting issues with your son/daughter? Well their dad wouldn't overreact about it, so why would they? Children will repeat the patterns they are seeing at home. Showing them that minor conflicts can be resolved by simply not over complicating things is a great stepping stone for maturity.

Daily routine and why stability is important

I wake up and do the same routine everyday. I'm up by 5 am, home from the gym at 6:30. Showered and ironing my shirt by 7:15 am. I greet them every morning with the same smile and sense of motivation. Your children catch on to these things. They get hard wired in their brain from a young age that having schedule and tasks to complete in life is the way to live. They don't complain about waking up for school. "Does your dad complain about waking up early? No". They slowly adapt to finishing their own morning tasks just like their parents show them. Waking up and making their bed, organizing their backpacks and getting dressed becomes normal. After all they have an example to live by.

Fitness and healthy eating. Why you don't put your kids wants first

You've probably noticed the epidemic of obese children around. A Stanford study on childhood obesity shows that 48% of overweight children have overweight parents. Imagine if the majority of those parents stopped giving their children everything they wanted. Oh you want a donut and some chocolate milk at 3 pm. That's not going to happen. That is why having frame is important. You can't break with every cry and complaint to appease your children's wants. That is a blue pill trait and the reason why you won't see red pill parents with obese kids. Children who see their parents sitting on the couch all day eating Doritos eventually are going to end up on that same couch eating Doritos.