Parents Are Sharing The Subtle Ways They Make Their Kids Feel Loved

Parents are sharing the ways they “sprinkle love” on their kids – and it’s perhaps the most wholesome thing you’ll read today.Taking to Reddit, user ContributionNarrow88 shared some of the small ways she deliberately shows love to her kids in everyday life.These include: waving and blowing kisses to them when they’re leaving in a car (and standing there doing that “until they can’t see me anymore”), complimenting them to her partner when she knows they’re listening and telling her children what she wants them to believe about themselves. On the latter, she explained: “I never make negative statements about who they are (‘you never listen!‘), but will often say things like ‘you’re so good at making friends’ or ‘you’re always so patient with your puzzles’. We are their authority on everything, these statements become their self-identity.”The parent then asked fellow Redditors in r/Parenting to share how they shower their kids with love on a daily basis – and the responses are incredibly sweet. ‘I let my kids transfer their feelings to me’“Whenever my kids are having a hard time, I tell them they can transfer their feelings to me through a hug or breathing. So I just hold them or sit next to them and I say ‘breathe your bad feelings out, I can take them’. And I ‘breathe them in’ and then ‘let them go’ when I breathe them out.“This has been super effective as a way of calming them down and also showing them that their feelings don’t scare me – I can take it and they don’t have to do it alone.”– msmatriarch‘I keep his eye contact as much as I can’“I made a pact to myself about when my two-year-old was born – to meet and keep his eye contact as much as I can. Starting when he was a newborn barely aware of what he was looking at – if he met my eyes, I’d lock in and get present with him. Even just for a short time. I still try to do it as much as I can.”– whenwatsonmetcrick‘I whisper nice things to her teddy about her’“My daughter has a sentimental stuffy that goes everywhere with her since she was a baby. I frequently ‘whisper’ nice things to the stuffy about her.”– Annual_Single‘I try to make mundane things fun’“If we have yoghurt I will put it in an ice cream cone and or put sprinkles on it. If my son has been on extra good behaviour we will have a ‘popcorn party’ which is just popcorn and whatever show he wants in mum and dad’s bed. We read at minimum three books a night before bed.”– Jacaranda8‘I greet them like they’ve been gone for years’“In the movie Cadet Kelly, Kelly says, ‘one of the great things about mum is that she always greets you like you’ve been gone for three years’ and as a teenager I vowed I would always do that for my kids and so far I’ve stuck to it, I am always so happy to see my kiddos!”– throwawehhhhhhhh1234“When my husband comes home with my daughter each day, I don’t wait for her to come inside. I put my shoes on and run out the back door with arms wide to greet her. I want her to feel how happy I am to have her home.”– FlyLesbianSeagull‘I never end a hug’“I have one rule with my seven-year-old. I never end a hug, just in case kiddo needs a longer than the quick break away hug sometimes. So every time we hug, my son is always the one who breaks away first. After he caught on to it, sometimes he would playfully go ‘mamma let me go!’, while hugging me tightly; and I pretend that by some magic I can’t, I have to keep hugging him.”– Nimbupani2000‘I repeat everything they say with enthusiasm’“Right now I’m with my younger two, and mainly at this age I just repeat everything they say (even if I don’t understand it) with enthusiasm. I ask them little questions and just smile and tell them ‘I love you’ about a hundred times a day.”– rauer‘I try to listen to and remember whatever he tells me’“I listen to whatever they are ‘rambling’ about and really try to remember it. When I was able to bring up a character on his current Japanese anime obsession and connect it to what he was talking about he said ‘Wow you really are listening to me!!’. It can be hard when it’s about some elaborate game or idea but that moment was worth it for me.”– smarty_skirts‘We do family groups hugs with my 11 month old each morning’“He always giggles. I want him to grow up around love and seeing two parents who love each other.”– free_dom555‘I always apologise if I overreact’“If I get frustrated or stressed out, it’s ok if they see it sometimes, and I always explain in age appropriate terms why I felt that way. If I get frustrated with them over something they did, I always apologise if I overreact. If I need them to do something, I try to problem solve collaboratively rather than boss them around. The point being that I think the best way I can show them love is to be honest and treat them like people, not just kids, and show them I respect them as people.”– Ok-Win-1234‘I tell my daughter “secrets”’“I love telling my daughter ‘secrets’. I’ll beckon her over and tell her I have a special secret for her and then whisper in her ear. She’s six and totally on to me now though – she’s like, ‘I know it’s “I love you!’.”– MinuteMaidMarian‘I ask for their opinion’“I ask my kids, ‘what do you think about this’ or ‘what would your solution be?’. I want them to know that their voice matters.”– BuildingBridges23‘I tell my kid daily that I am so lucky to be their parent and that they bring me so much joy’ “I tell them I’m proud of them and give them specific reasons from that day. And obviously tell them I love them with my whole heart and that will never change.”– MrsBobbyNewportRelated...Parents Are Pondering What Led To Their Child Growing Up Well-Behaved6 Phrases Adult Children Are Desperate To Hear From Their ParentsThis Generation Of Parents Are 'Cycle-Breakers' – A Therapist Explains Why The Tide Is Turning Now

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