Your language matters
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about how important it is for kids to live up to their names in a lot of ways. I grew up being told I was Dennis the Menace, the bad kid. I'm very careful about the words I use to describe my kids and how I describe them. I intentionally chose names like Max and Noah to help counteract the default behavior.
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Because of that, I wanted my oldest to have a powerful name, Max.
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Second, being a black sheep, a softer name, Noah.
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People don't realize it, but I very intentionally gave them those names
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So what I love about Noah is just how friggin' cuddly and smiley he is, man.
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I'm a big believer in kids live up to their names in a lot of ways.
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I grew up being told I was Dennis the Menace, the bad kid.
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I'm very careful about the words I use to describe my kids.
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Early, Max was good at numbers, and they were like,
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oh you're so much better than your brother i was like you're essentially saying noah doesn't know
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how to do numbers i then intentionally stopped praising that default characteristics and start
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telling noah you're just as good as your brother