How to Disrupt Your Parenting Patterns

IMPACT: Parenting with Perspective · Jul 29, 2021 · 20m

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We Are Designed To Follow Patterns

Our brain is designed to identify and create patterns. We do this in an effort to conserve energy, increase our chances of survival, and make life easier.

This isn't a bad thing. So many of the things that we do are based on patterns that we've picked up. Many of these patterns help us be healthy, productive, and happy humans.

There are, however, patterns that do not serve us.

Have you heard the story of the mother who cut the end off the ham before she put it in the pan to cook? When asked why she did this, her answer was something…