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?

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  • our children crave to be noticed by us and crave our attention
  • special time with each child develops their self-esteem and their ability to relate to others
  • can be difficult for us as parents to recognize this need and to fulfill it
  • the more children we have, the more planning and conscious effort it takes
  • channels of communication are opened through spending one-on-one time with our child(ren)
  • can transform a child’s behavior
  • eye contact:
    • can be used either positively or negatively
    • children learn by modeling – if we do it, they’ll do it
    • easy when they are babies – but don’t give up eye contact as they get older
    • good eye contact goes hand in hand with active listening

Do you have fond memories of 1:1 time with a parent?  What memories can you create with your children one on one?

 

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