A while ago, I was having a conversation with a new friend and she confided in me that she was worried about her kids because she didn’t feel that she was a natural nurturer.  She is worried because she doesn’t want her children to suffer for something she feels that she lacks.  I told her that she probably does a much better job than what she thinks she does, but that it would probably be a good idea to get into the habit of intentionally loving her children.

Tips

I suggested she:

• get on her children’s eye level and look them in the eye when she talks to them
• touch their arm/hand when she is talking to them
• give them 1-1 time while tucking them in bed
• read

At the time, I didn’t even know about this book, but I’m going to suggest it to her the next time I see her:

Posts

Here are some posts that I’ve written, that may help as well:

Talk To Your Children

5 Love Languages of Children

How To Really Love Your Child

I am planning on writing another challenge series about intentionally loving your children, hopefully I can get to that soon!  I think I would like to tell her to to have conversations with her children on the different ways people can show their love when they get a little older (her kids are still toddlers)!

What suggestions would you give this mom?

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