Make Your Kids Love You More

Make Your Kids Love You More

Have you ever wondered why most kids seem to veer away from encounters with mom and dad? The next thing we knew is that they have already established some sort of bonding with people they think are on their side, peers who have also gone astray. If we come to think of it, we may not be far enough to realize that kids are people with feelings too! We as parents should try to place ourself in their situation, by looking back at our own childhood. Have we in some way or another felt the same way too with our own parents before? Have we in the past somehow wished that our parents were a little bit tolerant of our moods/wants? Have we wished that our parents were a little bit playful and fun and carefree sometimes? A friend of mine once told me she would never do the same "mistakes" her parents did to her in her childhood like scolding her in front of friends, discouraging her from holding picnics in the lawn lest the garden would be messed up, etc. Yes, we have to realize that children won't stay young forever. Soon they won't be playing in their folding pools and running around and doing hide and seek in the garden. They will be off to college and on their own. Soon you will hear no more laughter. You won't see any mess in the yard. No more pools to empty and fold up. No more play houses to dismantle. No more kites to untangle, no more crayons to erase from your wall. If only parents realize how fast time flies, then surely they would be the ones to initiate these "little joys". They would be organizing these kiddie parties and games, inviting friends from the neighborhood, etc. That way their kids will not only feel loved and special but their friends will feel the same way too. Do this and you kids will surely love you more!