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Show your parents you care. Whether or not you live with your parents, you can show them you care about them and value them. Here are 20 ways to show it:
Please read this first.
- Add some comfort and joy to their lives
- Consult them when you decorate the living space. Also, ask what
they like/don't like to eat, etc.
- Get them books, videos they like
- Take privacy but don't let them feel cut off from your life
- Offer to help pay bills, collect their pensions, carry out their chores
- Consult them on family issues - give their opinions due
respect/weight
- Let them have first place when visitors/relatives are around
- Stick to routines
- Willingly change your schedule for them if needed, happily
- Little things matter - if dad wants to wish his niece before exams,
remind him
- Don't' forget happy anniversary, birthday
- Be gentle and kind about retirement, come up with plans for it,
don't take parents' sides
- If you lose a parent, be sensitive to the other's state of mind
- If they're on the brink of divorce, assure them you're with them
- Discuss your dress code, let them have a say occasionally in
dressing grandchildren
- Talk out money matters - communicate differences in time, life,
inflation, etc
- Recognize differences, make an odd compromise
- Be generous - not lavish. Give love and warmth
- Don't forget regular check-ups, etc. Look after their health
- They're just a phone call away. Letters, family vacation, chats,
outings are a great way to show you love them.
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