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A loving parent will be active in his or her child’s
life: this means that you
are not a passive aggressive dad. I see that a lot with fathers that are on
child support, they allow anger and bad emotions to take over their true
feelings. Rather, you should be an active parent who seeks to be involved in
the child life; you should be proactive about initiating such involvement.
A loving parent who makes time to be with his or
her kids:
time is a scarce commodity for most moms and dads, how much time do you spend
each week being with your kids. Do you make time to be with them or do you just
give them whatever is left over, if there is any?
A loving parent engages his or her children in
conversation: ask
your kid(s) open ended questions which will create two way conversations. Ask
questions about his or her thoughts, feelings, emotions, and desires. Also, as
the parent, it is crucial that you are willing to share your own emotions in
order to build intimacy.
A loving parent plays with his or her children: This can be a very joyful thing to do.
In my family, we play soccer together; serve together, run 5ks, dance and volunteer.
A loving parent teaches his or her kids values: teach your kids the things that you
value such as: hard work, honesty, kindness, compassion, to have faith in God…anything
that you think is important in life.
Now,
after you are done with that evaluation, take a look at your total score and be
honest about the areas of improvement and strengthen the areas where you are
already doing well.
Best
of luck!
