Nurturing Your Family
Nurturing Your Family
Have you ever sat down and thought about what a family really is? A family is a unit of people that belong together, not always by birth. The main goal of each family member is to feel as though they are part of this unit. As one of the parents, it is your responsibility to nurture your family so that everyone feels accepted. Here’s how you can go about this.
See your family as a work in progress, each day strive to do something that helps improve your family situation. This might be helping out a specific family member or it might entail spending time with everyone.
Of course you need the time to actually do this, and this can be a problem for many parents today. So start off by making a concentrated effort to spend more time with your family. See if you can reschedule work to free up some time, or stop bringing work home with you on the weekends.
Make time to sit down with your children and help them set goals and help them actually achieve them. Try and see if you cannot free up one hour each day for your family.
Strength of a Family
No matter how many children you have, remember that each one has their own set of skills and characteristics. Help your child discover what their talents are and help them showcase them to family and friends. Always encourage your child in everything they do. Don’t automatically tell them they can’t do something, let them try. Whether they succeed or fail they will have made the effort to take on a new challenge. As a parent you should be proud of this quality.
While it is easy to scold your child for doing something wrong, you may not always give praise as easily. Not because you don’t want to, but because you assume they know that something went right. Be on the look out to give praise where praise is due. This will help boost your child’s self-confidence and shows them that you do notice things.
Another way to nurture your family is by making them feel safe and secure. Children look to their parents for comfort and security, if it is not there, they will become insecure not just at home but at school too.
You can create a safe, secure and happy home by not arguing in front of your children. Don’t engage in any type of verbal abuse with anyone and remember that you don’t always have to be in the right.
All it takes to nurture your family is a little time and effort, are you prepared to take actions in this direction?
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