We Often Think are Children are Not Listening, But they Are.
“๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.” ๐โฃ
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Parents, we often think are children are not listening, but they are. We think they don’t see the examples we set (good, bad, and indifferent) but they do. โฃ
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A lot of parents will raise their kids based on the values they were taught as a child from their own parents, and although they may not fully appreciate all we do from a young age, they’ll eventually come around and realize how challenging being a parent can be.
Nonetheless, we don’t do this for accolades, we do this because we love. And if you need any reassurance, here it is: ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐! ๐โฃ
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We challenge you to think of some ways your kids show they appreciate you. And also think of some ways to show you appreciate them too! Drop your favorite answers in the comments! โฌ๏ธ
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