This is something that I believe completely, children do not need expensive toys or even lots of toys, they would enjoy life just spending time with the people who love them.
And on that note I leave you with this last statement--
Saturday, September 14, 2013
What I love and what I believe
I could post a thousand pictures of my child participating in activities, playing, laughing, grumping, etc. but the picture that touched my heart recently was this drawing that he did for me....
It's my son and I walking together on an adventure. We love to go exploring in our neighborhood, trekking through the woods by the bike paths, picking up stones and sticks for his collection and spending time "fishing". I have always been the mom that will pick up a worm or a bug even though on the inside I am screaming Yuck!! so for him to give me a picture like this knows that what I am doing is forming wonderful memories. I also love how this picture mirrors the image one of my favorite quotes (posted below):
This is something that I believe completely, children do not need expensive toys or even lots of toys, they would enjoy life just spending time with the people who love them.
And on that note I leave you with this last statement--
This is something that I believe completely, children do not need expensive toys or even lots of toys, they would enjoy life just spending time with the people who love them.
And on that note I leave you with this last statement--
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Hi Steph,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that spending time together with children is so so so important. Relationship is everything. Relationship grows our brains, it grows our hearts, it grows our present, and our future.
A good guidepost I've found when sorting through parenting advice is to always ask myself, "Does this positively affect and respect me and my child's relationship." If the advice points to No, I move on.
And I love that bib :)
Steph spending quality time with your children is very important. Parents need to be there and witness their children’s lives. This means that, they must create good times, but more importantly, it means being there when the going gets tough. It means being an active participant in your child’s everyday struggles. I mention quality time because we live in a society where money and things have come to rule our lives. It is up to us to decide what is more important and this should be family. If family is important then we will make it a priority. Once you’ve made family your priority, it’s fairly easy to weed out the activities that take up too much time and create plans that serve the interests of the entire family. Maybe when you were single and had no children, you could do it all, but having a family has changed all that. As parents, we have to make hard choices. This means saying "no" more often to the people and activities that are not central to our lives. As always, it’s a balancing act, but the more we choose, the clearer our priorities become. In our fast-paced society, we often forget that relationships take care and time.
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