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Listening to Children |
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| Here is something
that we learn from Dr Denis Waitley through his
book "Seeds of Greatness" which
we found to be very true and applicable in our
effort of having a Quality Time with our son
Ryan. As parents the greatest gift of all to our children is our quality time. In this fast moving world, parents tend to be busy with their career an preoccupied with our daily works. Our relationship with our children has been referred to as "The Seven-Minutes-Per-week Syndrome." Children spend more time watching television than they do communicating with their parents or acquiring an education. Intimacy, touching, communicating, all takes time. The most precious moments we can ever spend with our children are those moments just before they go to sleep at night. Many activities are going on in the normal family in the early evening. These is dinner, homework, chores, computer games, finances, meetings, television, phone calls, visitors, friends and pets, just to name a few. Little wonder that the average parents spend less than seven minutes each week alone with each child, individually at a time when each one is receptive. Here is a poem that Dr. Denis Waitley wrote which we found very awakening. Take a
moment to listen Listen to their problems, listen for
their needs, But tell them that you love them,
every single night Take a moment to listen today - Dr Denis Waitley - |
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