Parenting Part Two: Your Instinctual Bias vs. Your Kids' Choices

In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Skora, María José Munita and Seth “Creek” Creekmore talk about real parenting conflicts — tattoos, curfews, meals — and how their instinctual biases shape the fight. They also examine co-parenting across subtypes. These aren't type conflicts. They're instinctual biases colliding. Their kids see them clearly. Mario's principle is that kids have the right to make their own choices once they're legally responsible, while MJ describes her shift from wanting a perfect household to prioritizing trust. Both sets report surprising independence, but the real work comes from consistency, honesty about your own type and adjusting boundaries as kids develop. TIMESTAMPS [00:01] Intro [02:29] Disagreements with parenting decisions [08:29] Ruptures and repairs across the subtypes [14:56] Mario the spy? [18:04] Co-parenting with a different subtype [23:13] Navigating to who their children are [26:20] Wanting to feel like a perfect mother [29:53] Raised by wolves [35:39] How their kids see their parenting style [42:01] What it means to protect Connect with us: Awareness to Action ATA on Demand IG: @ataenneagrampod YouTube: ATA Podcast Network Email: [email protected] Send a voice message: speakpipe.com/AwarenesstoAction Mario Sikora: IG: @mariosikora TikTok: @mariosikora Web: mariosikora.com Pod: Enneagram in a Movie Pod: Thinking Well & Why Substack: mariosikora.substack.com Book: How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking María José Munita: IG: @mjmunita Web: mjmunita.com Seth "Creek" Creekmore: IG: @_creekmore Pod: Fathoms | An Enneagram Podcast Pod: Delusional Optimism Pod: International Enneagram Association Podcast Pod: Thinking Well & Why Mentioned in this episode: Awareness to Action Podcast Network