Although the history of the Habits of Mind is largely one based in schools, more and more often parents are discovering the value of the Habits of Mind and introducing them in the home. 

Families are finding that the Habits of Mind help clarify their goals and expectations for their children. They help to make the qualities parents are trying to engender in their children clear.

The language of the Habits of Mind allows parents, grandparents, extended family, children and often the school as well to share a common vocabulary about what's important. Keeping all the significant adults in a childs life on the same page, sharing the same language about thinking, has proven to be enourmously powerful in many homes. 

Understanding that nuturing and developing a childs Habits of Mind is a significant parenting goal often helps clarrify interactions with chidren. It focus attention on the way a child is engaging in the Habits of Mind and how as parents we can help them improvie their Habits of Mind. 

In the video below one parent describes how the Habits of Mind have helped them clarrify and share learning goals for their children.

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