What Does Aaron Ross Say a Family Should Be Consistent About?

Aaron Ross tells the 2 Cent Dad podcast that he and his wife try to act consistently, so their kids could describe the family without being handed a slogan. He thinks the honest description would be a crazy family: often late, and full of fun. He compares it to company values. A value posted on the wall means nothing unless it names behavior you already have. He would rather ask the children how they would describe their parents, then reinforce what is working and do less of what is not. He rejects the blog picture of a perfectly run household. Theirs works because of systems, he says, but it is closer to herding cats than to a tidy machine.