Monday, November 9, 2009

Five Different Ways to Show Love

There are five major ways we show love and feel loved:
1. Quality time (Doing something your child loves to do just the two of you.)
2. Physical touch (High fives, tickling their back, playing with their hair...)
3. Acts of Service (Fixing their bike, sewing a hole in their fav blanket...)
4. Gift giving (Sneak a new pencil into their backpack, give a stuffed animal to them when they go away on a sleep-over... to let them know you are thinking of them not for any particular occasion.)
5. Words of Affirmation (Saying kind things about them that are true; encouraging, appreciating.)

Do you notice how each of your children respond to each of these?
What are your children's love languages?
Also, take notice of the things they do for you.

It may be beneficial today to write things down when you notice them. Learning to speak your children's love languages can change negative behavior so quickly and tighten mother-child bonds, too!!

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