To be a Loving Parent

When the baby cries and you are tired,
know that theis time will pass~
and when your child leaves for kindergarden
you will have forgotten the diffeculties.

Find if you can a few minutes each day just for you.

Close your eyes.
Be still.
Rest.
You deserve it.

Try to listen.
Listen to the thoughts,
the dreams,
the anxieties and laughter
your child wants to share with you.

Praise your child "Please,"Say "I love you"
and "What a good idea."
don't say  "No" when you can say "Yes."

Help your child become a comfortable individual .

Don't say cruel and harmful things when you are tired,
or angry at something or someone else.

Apologize to your children when you are wrong.
Say "I'm sorry."
It will teach them to do the same.

Each day find something loving
and warm to say to your child~ and to yourself.

Never beat a child.
It only teaches a child that
violence is acceptable behavior.
Count to ten instead.

Find inexspensive things to do.
A walk, a bus ride,
Sit together, learn together,
laugh together.

Encourage your child to question
and to be courious.
Share things about yourself.
Let your children know you as a person,
not as a parent who never makes mistakes.
Let them see you as an  individual too.

Introduce your child to books.
Go to the library together.
Read aloud together.
Sing songs.
Paint stones.

Try to set a side one
meal time each day
when each of you ~ children and adults
can tell the family something
that happened during the day.
You will learn alot from and about each other.

Let your child discover and learn independence
by doing things alone; and to make mistakes.
It is a necessary learning process.

Let your child help in small ways.
Bed making, dishes, setting the table, feeding the pets,
don't set your standards to high.

Remind yourself that in a few short years
your little ones will be grown and gone ~
to a life of his or her own.

Treasure the time you have together.

Write down the funny things your child says and does .
They will provide you with precious memories.

Be open to change and except it.
Change is ineviable.
Remeber each day is a new begining.
As best as you can,
help your children to
grow up as happy individuals.

It is a priceless legacy
one that will enable them to achieve adulthood
knowing they are worth while and that life is good.

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Live, Laugh, Love, Hope, Dream,
and you will wake up singing & smiling!

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