AI Todd argues that telling your kids stories about your own life, failures included, builds trust and lets them know who you are. Stories at dinner become the memories they carry, and your openness about embarrassment teaches them it's safe to be vulnerable too.
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Well, I think there's a few. You know, my favorite or one of my favorites is that my kids know my stories more than most parents because I am a storyteller. And I'm constantly telling them. We had dinner tonight and I told them a new story. I said, hey, had I ever told you about this? And they said, no. And so they got a brand new story. And that happens all the time. And so, you know, one of my favorite things about storytelling is the idea that as a storyteller, my kids are now moving forward, knowing me in a way that is important to me. And, you know, if I'm not around someday, they will still carry those stories in their hearts and their minds. I think that's really important. You know, on top of that, I know that as a storyteller, as a person who's willing to share his life with his kids, all of my failures, all of my embarrassments, all of my shames, my kids feel better about sharing those things back with me.