Filled Your Child’s Love Bank Lately
Filled your child’s love bank lately?
What Deposits Have Been Going into Your Child’s Love Bank?
This is just a quick post to remind you to fill your child’s love bank often. In this post on The Five Love Languages of Children, you’ll find a quick way to understand what your child’s love language is. Just like a tire on a car gets bumps, thumps and stress that lets the air out of the tire…so your child also has ‘happenings’ in their life that lets the love in their love bank start to ‘seep’ out. A little scolding, a time where they don’t understand why you’re so unhappy with them or even a feeling of being ignored by you is sometimes how that love ‘seeps’ out.
How Do I Make Love Deposits in My Child’s Love Bank?
If your child’s love language is touch, hold their hand, stroke their hair, hug them tightly, kiss their cheek…you get the idea. If their love language is words, get wordy about how much you love them, how awesome they are, what a great job they did cleaning up, etc.
Recognizing They’ve Been Leaking
It’s not so hard filling up their love bank, but it may be somewhat difficult to recognize they’ve been ‘leaking’ from their love bank lately. Are they having tantrums, throwing toys at siblings, doing anything quite unusual? Some of this is how normal kids act, but you know your child. If it’s out of the ordinary, look to see about filling that love bank.
So, have you been filling your child’s love bank lately?
What love language is your child?
Making a love deposit for you Donna. We call it filling up our love meters here but I love the bank too. I touch in loving ways alot. Hugs, kisses, holding hands, etc.
I listen and look them straight in the eye and try my very best to keep my mouth shut until they are done speaking! I style their hair.
I’m blessed to have 2 girls that love to be loved!
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Linda,
I tell how much you love your girls by how you write about them! Love the part of your comment where you say: “I listen and look them straight in the eye and try my very best to keep my mouth shut until they are done speaking!” Always good advice from you, Linda…thank you!
We call ours a “snuggle-ometer” here! I am amazed and heartbroken when I realize a full day has gone by – full of busyness – and I haven’t looked each babe in the eye and told them that I love them. Heartbroken! I make sure I get some special one-on-one rocking chair time with each boy each night. I’m trying to teach them to be aware of their spiritual and emotional needs and I’m trying to teach them how to communicate those needs to me.
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Audra,
Love the Snuggle-0-meter! Good that you’re listening to that inner urging to rock the boys. Teaching them about being aware and communicating their spiritual and emotional needs is an excellent foundation for their future. You’re doing great!