With your kids, what you say doesn’t make much of a difference to how they turn out.

It’s what you do.

They become what they saw you do.

For a while, for about 15 years, you have to become the person you want them to be. They have to see you be that person before they can become that person.

I was a long way down the path before I realised this. Don’t normalise hours of silent screen time after dinner. Before you know it, they’re gone. You can shitpost when they’re at college.