Kids are always watching. As someone once said, “Don’t be afraid that they’re listening. Be afraid that they’re watching.”
This rings true because children are a reflection of us. No matter how great the advice we throw at them, they’re going to showcase our habits and behavior patterns—whether we like them or not. Saying one thing and doing another doesn’t fly when it comes to child rearing, so there are habits we need to be evaluating so we can be just the parents our kids need.
Time Online
Email, Bill pay, research, and Facebook suck up our attention and focus and drown out our children’s voices. Yeah, bills need to get paid and work has a deadline so it has to happen. And this whirlpool of attention absorption can be a welcome and even necessary alternative to hearing those hungry pleas and complaints. But how often are we plugged into our laptops and phones? How many times are our children repeating themselves before they finally get our attention? And are we pleasant and attentive when they finally snap us back into the present?
