Family Support: How to provide your kids with high levels of love and support even if you are behind the eight ball

Posted by Susan Epstein on June 22nd, 2010 at 09:00am

The #1 External Developmental Asset is Family Support: Family life provides high levels of love and support.

This is confusing for many parents because we all have a different definition of support. Does it mean doing things for your child? Paying for extras? Not according to the Search Institute.

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This week,

Take a step back and take a really good inventory of your child’s strengths.
Start a new family tradition (ie..family meetings, game night or family service)
Give your kids a hug everyday at least once (even if they push you away☺)
Spend alone time with each of your kids this week (even if it is brief).
Make eye contact with your kids at least 5 times a day.

Please leave a comment on how you put at least one of these steps into action and what happened as a result.