Heart4kidsadvocacyforum's Blog

Children are more honest and direct about what they need form us.  They thrive on the love, affection, and verbal validation that they are loved by us.  When I say us, yes, I am referring to not only their parents-guardians, but the extended family and host of friends that should be an part of a child’s life!  Our children need their very own village that surrounds them with love encased with wise counsel, sounding boards to listen intentionally and actively, and has taken the time and energy to study them so that they can relate to them authentically and genuinely. 

Children are by their very nature sensorial in their approach to life.  Words play an important part in their feeling loved, but they need demonstrations of love. Therefore, beyond them hearing us tell them we love them, they need to see evidence of our love for them, and they need to feel our love for them by actually being physically attentive to them.  Hugs are critical! Mommie’s and Daddy’s kisses are special and feel different from anybody’s else’s kisses.  They have to get the love and affection that they need from us because it is part of the human design.  They say that human beings can live without sex, but they cannot live without touch!  We seem to have no problem holding them and loving on them when they are little, but the truth is they will always need us to love on them!  We are so lucky to have a chance to love our children.