In The Loop With Andy Andrews

 On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on how to get your kids to take your advice.   Kids tend to listen to somebody else before they listen to their parents. There are tons of adults who have quit learning and thinking years ago. If you want your kids to listen, you better make sure you are a person worth listening to. If we want kids to be open to our advice and seek wise counsel, we must be wise counsel. Wise counsel includes the timing of when you say things and how you say them.   I am a friend to my boys, but I am also their parent. Be friends to have tons of conversations. Talk about what they want to talk about. We want them to have the opportunity to teach us.   I’m not a fly fisherman, but I have a son who is really interested in it. When he shows me something, I ask how he does it or where he learned it, and all of a sudden he is giving me a lesson. A great majority of parents spend most of their time disciplining or warning their children, and kids get tired of it.   One of t