Heart4kidsadvocacyforum's Blog

The important thing to remember about parenting that will set the stage or foundation of our lifetime relationship with our children is realizing and practicing the communication tool that will last and be effective across the lifeline of our engagement with them.  We can not just lecture them into submission or attachment to what it is we are trying to communicate to them.  We have to create and nurture a special way to engage with our child so that it is safe, secure, and sacred.  It is a way to impart to them the essence and importance of the wee wisdoms we have to share with them. 

Showing gratitude and appreciation for the blessings in our lives, gives life a richness that permeates every aspect of our life.  We want that for our children.  We want them to know what it feels like to be appreciated when they have done acts of kindness as well.  We want to also show our children how they can be creative in recycling our blessings to bless other people.  This might involve showing them how to share some of what they have with others.  It does not hurt to teach them that words like “thank you” and “you are welcome”, are still appropriate and significant in character development. 

Remember-Gratitude affects Attitude which in return determines our Altitude!