22 Ways to Teach Impulse Control & Delayed Gratification #573
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Learning impulse control and delayed gratification is more important than almost everything else we teach our kids in school. If I were raising a child today, I would slow my life down, spend way less time on academics and chores, and spend much more time teaching my kids impulse control and delayed gratification. These life skills disproportionately impact your child’s health, wealth and happiness. But they must be taught. I want to give you 22 practical ways to do this. **We are extending our Black Friday Sale for one more week. Visit https://celebratecalm.com/black-friday/ to get the lowest prices of the year and hundreds of practical strategies that really work with your strong-willed kids.**
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| 2:03.5 | that the Calm guy sent you. So how can you teach your kids impulse control and delayed gratification |
| 2:10.9 | in very practical ways? Oh, we're not going to wait for that. That's what we're going to do. |
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