Adults are serious creatures. Sometimes way too serious.
We have tons of demands on us and responsibilities to fulfill.
But one of those responsibilities is to make sure our children feel loved by us. And one way to make sure that they do is to cultivate a childlike attitude.
This means that we need to rediscover play.
We need to have fun.
We need to laugh and be silly with our kids.
We need to enjoy life.
This one simple act or having this attitude, can do so much for the atmosphere in our home. It can also reduce the amount of discipline that we need to enforce, because every single mistake our children make will not be a catastrophe. We will be able to laugh over spills, and trips and random mishaps.
When we laugh, play, and enjoy life with our children, then they are free to be themselves, to be the children, the little people that they are.
When I let loose and have a “childlike attitude” our days are much more peaceful. I enjoy my children more when I laugh and play with them.
And they feel loved!
Erin says
Enjoyed this! You are so right 🙂
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Suzanne says
Ah… so very true!
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LifeAtTheCircus says
You speak the truth girlie… so, so true.
My son is so in tune with me and my emotions and attitudes. He’s said to me before when I have gotten a little uptight, “Mom are you happy and you know and your face really shows it?” And I realized, “No I wasn’t… and I should be…and I was able to let go whatever little thing occurred and enjoy the moment.”
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