Communicating Love

How do you communicate love to your children?

Touch? Actions? Talking? Rewards? Listening?

Aren't we blessed that we have so many ways to communicate our love to our children?

When we love our children it is necessary to communicate that love openly and honestly. Our children will not simply know that they are loved by living in our homes and being in our presence. We must express it often and in a variety of ways.

Have you ever thought about writing to communicate love to your children?

Ever since I started blogging, I realised that this blog could be one of the best way for me to tell Reese how much mummy loves him. Now he is still young and it's easy to just give him hugs and kisses and telling him a zillion times how much I love him but what about when he is much older? When he gets more independent and probably it's alot harder to show my love to him. Especially when there are conflicts... oh boy... what about when they are all grown up? It's even more difficult when they go against your well meaning wishes.... you know what I mean?

Not every parent can effectively communicate their love to their children... even if they do... at times children are not ready to 'listen'. I must say... most of the time when my parents are ready to say something to me it is not the time when I am ready or willing to listen. When we write it allows our children to listen to us when they are ready.

This seems to be the case, more often, as the child gets older, reaching its peak in the teen years. Also, the child's ability to listen and focus on what we are saying seems to be exponentially decreased, as the issue becomes more critical. They can then read what we have written at a less emotionally charged time, thus increasing the chances of them actually hearing and using what we are trying to say or teach.

By the way... don't think that the only way to show love in writing is writing about love. One of the most loving things we as parents can do for our children is to write down exactly what we believe about important issues such as spirituality, family, friendship, honesty and etc.

I believe what we write to our children, will have a very big permanent influence on their lives.