Archive for June, 2008

Dads, What Your Kids Need to Hear From You - Five Powerful Sentences
By Esther Jantzen, Ed.D.

As a grandmother, I’ve learned five statements all kids need to hear. I believe they will prove priceless in building your children’s self-esteem. They may be the best gifts you’ll ever give them.

Dad, I expect you had hard times growing up. Maybe your own father was nice to you, maybe he wasn’t. Maybe you knew him well, maybe you didn’t.

Your kids will have hard times, too–they’ll have disappointments, fear, hurt, shame, uncertainty, anger. We all do.

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