Sep

Bonding with my Children

girls at bushkill

I make it a daily practice to bond with my children. Bonding with children is a very easy thing to do because they are so willing to join in on most any activity; as long as your intentions are genuine and sincere. Your intentions have to genuine and sincere or they’ll sniff you right out and become disengaged. Most people are capable of honest and sincere expressions so you’ll be just fine. I always approach them excited, you really have to be charged up, but “spooky clown” jacked up. Act excited and natural.

For example, when I try to get excited about introducing new food to my kids they immediately know I’m putting on a show; no matter how hard I try to mask my approach they still know. Kids are very in tune with their bulls**t radar.

I always pick an activity they’ll enjoy like when we are on vacation we’ll go swimming together and hiking and horseback riding; everything kids want and love to do. I get really excited about the excursions – most of the time I’m just as excited – and I let them have fun. I let them run around and burn off excess energy; I’ll run around with them most of the time. Kids are great when you let them be themselves and act like kids. Half of my vacation pictures are of my children and their goofy expressions. It’s great fun and make for incredible memories. Besides, when my kids get older and ask me why they made such silly faces; I get to tell them because you were having so much fun that was the expression you came up with at the time. You were being a kid and most importantly – you were being yourselves.

Best Wishes and God Bless.