Wednesday August 27, 2008
Category: Family Journal with Mary DeMuthFocusing Fully On Our Children
Dr. Ross Campbell, author of How to Really Love Your Child, touts the importance of parents giving this type of attention: "Focused attention is giving a child full, undivided attention in such a way that he feels without doubt that he is completely loved. That he is valuable enough in his own right to warrant parents' undistracted watchfulness, appreciation, and uncompromising regard. In short, focused attention makes a child feel he is the most important person in the world in his parents' eyes."
Write about a time during your childhood when an adult gave you complete, focused attention. How did you feel? What did his/her attention communicate to you? On your calendar, schedule dates with each of your children, nieces, nephews or other young family members.
--Mary E. DeMuth
This is part of Mary E. DeMuth's guided journal, "Creating the Family You Always Wanted," a 12-week journey in Christian parenting. Twice a week, you'll receive a new journaling prompt encouraging you to think about your family--and God--in new ways. Use these prompts in your own journal or in group discussion. If you're joining this journal mid-way through, you can start journaling at any time, and stay subscribed at the end, when the journal will restart and you can receive the prompts that you missed.
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This is one of the tasks that is very difficult. I have a 4 yr old, 1 yr old and a 3 month old. I am a stay at home mother and rarely see my husband. I do focus my whole day on the children every day and it leaves absolutely no time left for me except when they are napping (that's why I have time for this). But my theory is once you have children it is no longer about you its about them so no matter how hard, suck it up cupcake!!!
Posted by: Trisha | May 28, 2008 12:18 PM
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