What Children Need

I have learned over the years that what children need more than anything is attention. It is a very important aspect of love. Parents also need to engage their children emotionally when with they are with their children. Parents need to make eye contact and listen. I can only wish I had known this when my children were young. I have such regrets about my parenting back them. But we had no guidelines back then. No books. No workshops. No help.

Today, I work with children part time and try to give them what I was not able to give my children. In AA we call this a living amends. God bless the children.