#1 - Quality Time/Getting Involved
#2 - Patience
#3 - Express Love-
Your children need to know you love them. I consistently here of people saying that their Father never expressed love to them, they couldn't even say "I love you." When was the last time you said "I love you" to your children? I was lucky enough to have a father who could tell me he loved me and I always knew he did - I still know he does.
Saying "I love you" is just part of the puzzle, you've got to walk the talk. Expressing love means showing love in your actions too. If you've read Dr. Chapman's book, The 5 Love Languages
, then you know the various ways that you could feel love in a relationship. Children also feel love in different ways. In fact, Dr. Chapman also wrote a book titled The Five Love Languages of Children
(I have not read this, but I imagine its just as good as the original!). So find out how your children feel love and make sure they feel it.My son is only about 2 years and 3 month old, but here are some ways that I express my love to him:
- Saying "I love you"
- Giving him hugs and kisses
- Playing cars with him
- Coming home from work at lunch to be with him and his mommy
- Reading books to him
- Loving his mommy
- etc.
