WAYS TO LOVE A CHILD

Give your presence

Laugh, dance and sing together

Listen from a heart space

Encourage

Understand

Allow them to love themselves

Ask their opinions

Learn from them

Say yes as often as possible

Say no when necessary

Honour there no's

Apologize

Touch gently

Build lots of blanket forts

Open up

Fly kites together

Lighten up

Believe in possibilities

Read books out loud

Create a circle of quiet

Teach feelings

Share your dreams

Walk in the rain

Celebrate mistakes

Admit yours

Frame their artwork

Stay up late together

Eliminate comparison

Delight in stillness

Handle with care

Protect them

Cherish their innocence

Giggle

Speak kindly

Go swimming

Splash

Let them help

Let them cry

Don't hide your tears

Brag about them

Answer their questions

Let them go when it is time

Let them come back

Show compassion

Bend down to talk to the little children

Smile even when you are tired

Surprise with a special lunch

Don't judge their friends

Give them enough room to make decisions

Love all that they do

Honour their differences

Respect them

Remember they have not been on earth long