I often hear that it takes twenty-one days to develop a new habit<\/a>\u2026\u00a0 Sometimes, however, when learning that new skill, we forget to pair it with developing the discipline needed to continue to take action. Consistency helps to develop our self-discipline \u2018muscle.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Although people have a variety of work styles, there are chores and activities that need to be accomplished every single day, not just once in a while. Your dentist probably wouldn\u2019t be happy if you \u2018saved up\u2019 and did all of your brushing and flossing just before one of your office visits!<\/span><\/p>\n

Activities that may not be daily can still follow consistent patterns. Take a look at the patterns and rhythms of life in your family.\u00a0 What routines do you have for things like homework, spiritual practice, independent reading, or family meals? \u00a0What structure or habits do you for saving money, grocery shopping or vacation planning? <\/span><\/p>\n

Children can learn about consistency in a variety of ways, ranging from \u201cwe always take our shoes off when we come into the house,\u201d to \u201cWhen Grandma sends a gift you write a \u2018thank you\u2019 note before you get to use it.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

They also learn from our example.\u00a0 What are you teaching in this new year?\u00a0 Are you teaching your kids that they should \u2018crash diet\u2019 for a couple of weeks and then quit?\u00a0 Or, does your example show them that with consistency and self-discipline, small changes over time can yield big results?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When we set a goal to help our kids develop a new habit good role modeling by parents and grandparents can be a big help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[104,197,200,377,453],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-four-foundations","tag-discipline","tag-goals","tag-grandparent","tag-parenting","tag-role-model"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}