![]() ![]() When we bless our child, we are placing our “seal of approval” upon them and giving them power to prosper in many areas of life, including marriage, children, finances, health and career. There is something inside every child that makes that child crave a good word from his or her parents. Other times, a written letter to your child is the way to go. ![]() Sometimes a verbal, “I was wrong, would you please forgive me?” is appropriate. And every parent should ask their child to forgive them for those mistakes. Forgiveness note.Įvery parent makes mistakes in child-rearing. As a result, Susan developed the Pillow Talk journal so parents, like you, can write short notes of encouragement to their kids when they desire. To my wife’s surprise, my daughter wrote back and placed the journal on her pillow. ![]() So one time, she grabbed a spiral notebook and wrote a note to one of our daughters praising her for a nice thing she did for her sister and put it on her pillow. Pillow Talk note.Īs our children were growing up, Susan began to feel as if all communication with them was becoming instructional or disciplinary. An “A” in math! Awesome!” or “That was so nice that you encouraged your brother when he was down.” You can check out my How to Love your Family with Sticky Notes blog to see how we do it in our home. You might just say something like, “Way to go. Like lunchbox notes, these post-its are just quick words of encouragement to your kids. You can write little notes to your kids on yellow sticky notes and put them on their mirror, dresser, notebook or anywhere you want. ![]() I’ve got some free, downloadable lunchbox notes for kids and teens you can use to get started. Not sure of what to write? How about, “I love you,” “I’m proud of you,” or “Have a great day.” You can even surprise them with a “Let’s go for ice cream after school” note. My wife, Susan, and I found that just simply letting them know we’re thinking of them will encourage them through the day. Lunch box note.Īnother way to uplift our children is to slip them a note in their lunchbox. Here are some ideas for what to write your daughter too. You can read what I wrote to my children in my How to Win Your Child’s Heart blog post. This is a note where you express your unconditional love to your children for who they are and validate their wonderful gifts. Here are the 7 notes you should write to your children: 1. Some of these notes you’ll write one time others will be notes you’ll want to write on an ongoing basis when you can. If you don’t feel like you’re the writing type or don’t know what to say, I’m going to try to give you some ideas and specific things you can say in your notes. I’d like to share the kinds of notes I’ve written, and then show you how you can write those notes to your children as well. Over the years, I’ve made it a practice to write a note to each of my children. Your children may not express their enthusiasm about your notes or even acknowledge getting them, but know that writing notes to them will impact their lives and always be remembered. One day when Jim was visiting her in her dorm room, he saw all of the letters he had written to her opened and proudly posted on her bulletin board! Detroit Lions head coach Jim Caldwell has shared with me about how he wrote many letters to his daughter in college, but she never said anything to him about it when they spoke on the phone or when they saw each other. ![]()
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