Good Parenting 101 | Five Awesome Ways To Show Your Kids You Love Them

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The single most important thing we can do as parents is show our children love and affection. Through love and affection we teach our children so much about life, relationships and how the world should truly be.

With life being so busy and most of us on the move all the time we can forget to show our children the love they need. It is the simple things in life that make life truly complete. If you find that you are always on the go, try to make an attempt to spend a little extra time with your kiddos….after all…it can’t hurt!

Here are five simple ways to let your kids know you care:-)

1. Being warm and affection
ate

Being warm and affectionate is one of the more obvious ways we can show our kids love. It could be morning cuddles, snuggling up with a book at night, or randomly saying ‘I love you’.

2. Doing activities together

Kids get a lot of value and enjoyment out of doing fun activities with us whether it’s sitting on the floor with a puzzle, finger painting or going for a bike ride. Even if it doesn’t seem fun for us (and there are a million others things that need to get done), getting involved in our child’s fun can be infectious.

3. Paying attention

One of the more powerful ways to validate our children and help them feel loved is to pay attention to them. They want us to notice when they do something new or fun or funny! If we’re too distracted, we can miss moments to share in their world. We can’t pay undivided attention to our kids every minute of every day (and we wouldn’t really want to because that doesn’t necessarily help our kids). But taking a little time every day helps show our love.

4. Saying no

I think one of our most important jobs as parents is to help teach our kids what’s appropriate and acceptable behavior. Kids learn this when we set some boundaries and stick to them. That involves saying no when we need to, even if our kids don’t like it. To me, that is another very important aspect of loving our children.

5. Focusing on strengths

I think everyone, including kids, really thrive when we reinforce and encourage their strengths. Sometimes we can be so focused on stamping out the negative behaviour that we forget to highlight and encourage the good behaviour. All of our kids have amazing strengths that we can cultivate and delight in everyday.

There are no doubt so many other ways to express our love, but these five are super important. What do you do to show your kids you love them? Tell us in the comments below…

tips via – Jodie Benveniste

 

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