How to Love a Child
- Give your presence, laugh, dance and sing together.
- Listen from a heart space, encourage, understand.
- Allow them to love themselves, ask their opinions.
- Learn from them, say YES as often as possible.
- Say NO when necessary, honor their No's.
- Apologize, touch gently, build lots of blanket forts.
- Open up, fly kites together.
- Lighten up, believe in the possibilities.
- Read books out loud, create a circle of quiet.
- Teach feelings, share your dreams, walk in the rain.
- Celebrate mistakes, admit yours.
- Frame their artwork, stay up late together.
- Eliminate comparison, delight in silliness.
- Handle with Care, protect them, cherish their innocence.
- Giggle, speak kindly, go swimming, splash.
- Let them help, let them cry, don't hide your tears.
- Brag about them, answer their questions.
- Let them go when it is time.
- Let them come back.
- Show compassion, bend to speak to the wee ones
- Smile, even when your tired, surprise them.
- Don't judge their friends out loud,
- Give them room to make decisions, even the little ones.
- Love all that they do.
- Honor their Differences,
- Respect them.
- Remember ...they have not been on this earth all that long.
- Remember ... They learn what they see and hear.
- Remember their love is...UNCONDITIONAL.