[aageneral] 7 Powerful Ways to Show Love to Children

Author Name: Steve Brunkhorst
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Category: Career and Success
Copyright Date: 2005
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Description: 7 Powerful Ways to Show Love to Children
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7 Powerful Ways to Show Love to Children
By Steve Brunkhorst

Our children are our most important legacy to the world. However,
our love is our most important legacy to our children. Here are
seven ways to show love that will help children build sturdy
foundations for the future.

1. Spend Time with Your Children.

Time is the most loving gift we can give to our children. It
allows for the mutual exchange of ideas, emotions, actions, and
words that help our children develop and learn to communicate.

Enjoy a toddler's tea parties as well as a teen's ball games.
Help your children build things and create art. Begin new family
traditions that you can enjoy together each year. Ample time
spent in mutually enjoyable activities will create memories you
will always treasure.

2. Be the Primary Role Model for Your Children.

Children need examples to follow. Teach practical values to your
children by modeling those values. Admit when you have made a
mistake and apologize. Model being committed to the ideals you
embrace. Demonstrate the advantage of integrity over peer
pressure.

We teach and influence children more through actions than words.
We are our children's first heroes; the ideals that we live today
are the ideals that will influence our children throughout life.

3. Listen to Your Children.

A child's message is one of his or her most essential gifts. We
build self-esteem in children when we show interest in what they
have to say. Children need to communicate their pride of
accomplishment as well as their needs.

Get down at eye level with very young children and listen with
your eyes, ears, and heart. Listen most of all to the feelings
conveyed through a child's eyes and expressions. If you listen to
your children deeply, they will grow up listening deeply to you.

4. Provide Your Children with Loving Discipline.

Children need guidelines and safe boundaries without being
constrained unnecessarily. They need to learn the value of being
accountable for their choices and actions.

Let your children know that you disapprove of hurtful actions but
will always love them as sons and daughters. Loving discipline
enables them to recognize the best in other people. It allows
children the freedom to explore the world safely and reach their
highest potential.

5. Give Your Children Encouragement.

Encouraging words are powerful emotional deposits of confidence
and self-esteem. Verbally acknowledge your children's special
talents and accomplishments. Catch your children doing something
great, and tell them what a great job they have done.

Children need to know that we recognize and support their hopes
and dreams for the future. Encouraging children to grow mentally,
emotionally, and spiritually provides the foundation for living a
balanced life.

6. Share Your Experiences with Your Children.

We each have valuable stories to tell, unique maps of our journey
through life. These stories tell how our reactions to events
created the life we are living now. Sharing the benefit of your
experiences — the roadblocks and rewards — is a very loving
way
to guide your children.

Your children may face many of the situations you faced. Your
experiences can help them make informed decisions and avoid
unnecessary mistakes. Among the most worthwhile possessions that
we can someday leave for our children are journals filled with
the stories that shaped our lives.

7. Love and Support Your Children Unconditionally.

Love is an unconditional gift from the heart; it is not a reward
for good behavior. Let your children know that you will love and
support them in any situation. This message creates a sturdy bond
of trust. Your children will grow to feel safe in coming to you
with any problem they face.

Children need the freedom to make decisions, try new things, and
learn that life requires personal responsibility and persistence.
They need the freedom to fail and learn from mistakes without
being judged. Unconditional love helps them to acquire the
decisiveness and resiliency required to become successful.

If you could sum up all of our children's needs, hopes, and
expectations in one word, that word would be love. We share love
when we play a central role in our children's world of learning
and discovery. Our legacy of love will have a guiding influence
upon our children and grandchildren for many generations.

© Copyright 2005 by Steve Brunkhorst. Steve is a professional
life success coach, motivational author, and the editor of
Achieve! 60-Second Nuggets of Inspiration, a popular mini-zine
bringing great stories, motivational nuggets, and inspiring
thoughts to help you achieve more in your career and personal
life. Get the next issue at http://www.AchieveEzine.com

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