Parents, do your children really feel loved?

" I want to give my children everything that I wasn't given as a child", how often do we hear these words being said by parents? Very often right? It's a very good concept but parents please don't forget to give them the things that you received as well. The more times have evolved the less time is being spent with those who we care about. Parents are busy working hard to give their children all that they didn't get as a child that they forget to give them the most valuable of things, love. Now more than ever children are suffering from depression and seeking outlets to get attention from because they aren't getting it from their parents. The social media world paints an image that dressing in matching outfits with your child or posting several pictures with your child shows that you are a good parent. A picture is just a picture and it can hide one thousand stories. I can guarantee you that when your child grows up what they will remember most is the love that they received from their parents not the gifts that they were given.

Parents often believe that love and affection can be bought with gifts and sadly children take this principle with them throughout life and end up forming friendships and partnerships based on the value of the gifts that someone can give them. A parent can provide a child with the best of things and the child can still feel empty. For instance, have you ever really analyzed some of our television shows the children who grow up in homes with wealthy parents often times would leave home in search of love and affection because they felt empty at homes. Yes, it's great to be able to take care of the needs of your children but the greatest need that your child will have is the need to be loved.

This need to be loved if not met by the parents often times leads to problem for the child later on in life. These children grow up to be adults who are needy or try very very hard to buy the affection of others. My question to parents is how have you showed your child love? If it's only through material things I implore you to do more.

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