Hello friends and fans! I thought I would add to T's blog, "Here's the deal, 100- Just do it". Although I agree with her 100, I had a few of my own to share:
Happy Reading!
Embrace Your Sparkle,
B
1. Allow them to lick the spoon when you are baking together. At least sometimes.
2. Have family game nights, one of our favorites is UNO.
3. You can never give too many hugs and kisses
4. Let them find pollywogs and revel in their amazement. (We found ours in a horse trough, couldn't get much yuckier than that, but we loved them!)
5. Let them build a fort in their room, or out of the couch cushions.
6. Let them sleep next to you once and a while.
7. Talk, Talk, Talk to them. In the car, at home, while together at the store, everywhere! Be their friend and their parent.
8. Pick wild berries with them and bake something together.
9. Go to the beach, you WILL get sand in your car, get over it!
10. Go for a walk, point out natures beauty: the leaves, the colors, the squirrels.
11. Hold them when they are sick or hurt.
12. Show them that some of the best things in life are free, and aren't "things".
13. Create a home environment where they feel loved and safe every day.
14. Listen.
15. Teach them to be aware of their environment and to say no to strangers, and drugs.
16. Teach them responsibility: Cleaning their room, helping with laundry etc.
17. Share with them memories of your childhood, and allow them to create their own.
18. Teach them that laughter can be the best medicine!
19. Take them to a drive in movie.
20. Show them how to be grateful and appreciate what they have & where they have been.
21. Teach them how to make healthy choices for food, and drink lots of water. You are setting a very important example now that they will either A) Carry for the rest of their life or B) Otherwise it's possible they may spend part of their life trying to reform into eating healthier.
and last but not least...
22. Allow them to EMBRACE THEIR SPARKLE! (It could be writing, sports, taking care of others, etc.) Love them for who they are and not who you want them to be. We all have dreams and aspirations for our children, but also allow them to be who they are. Everyone has a special attribute, help them embrace it. Pin It
Great advise! And you, your sis and bro have all 'embraced your sparkle" and I am proud of each and every one of you and who you have become. Thank you my sweet for being who you are! I love you!
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