Parenting Teens - September 1, 2012

Day 16 - Love Language - Kind Actions

Doing kind actions is one of the five love languages.

• see the regular kind actions you do on their behalf as a way of showing them your love • look for opportunities to do something extra for them • be careful not to rescue them otherwise they won't learn from their mistakes • give teenagers increasing responsibility o don't do everything for them • remind them to express gratitude for what we or others do for them

Question:
How could the list of ranked love languages you made yesterday be helpful in your parenting this week?

From Series: "Parenting Teenagers"

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Giving thoughtful presents is one of the five love languages.

  • a way of showing our unconditional love
  • not only dependent on their behavior or performance
  • to celebrate birthdays, Christmas, other holidays
  • use presents to celebrate achievements or to bring consolation when they’re struggling
  • can be small but make big impact
  • find out what’s special for each child

Try to rank the five love languages in order of importance for you, and then for each of your children.

  1. time
  2. words
  3. touch
  4. presents
  5. actions