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Make sure you keep telling your kids that no matter how much you get annoyed sometimes or if you give them timeouts or even shout some times - no matter what - you will always love them and be there for them. They need to know that and feel secure.
Of course if you mean it!
Spot on. So well said. I thought I communicated this well enough to my children, till my 7 year old asked me tearfully after a scolding “Dad, so you were yelling at me. Does this mean you don’t love me any more?”
Damn, it broke my heart. Needless to say, I made it a point to talk about unconditional love, and emphasized it over and over.
Stay off your phone, actually engage with your child.
Let go of small things, always remember the big picture
Don't underestimate your child's intelligence. Let them make choices. Encourage individualism, encourage failure, encourage emotions. Don't let them become you
Figure things out along with your children, instead of figuring it out yourself, then teaching them.
Also, learn to be a mother, not just a father. Anything she does you should be able to cover half the time, and you should be offering to cover often
As a parent of young kids, I want to spend as much time with my kids when they are younger. They won’t need me around so much when they are in their teens.
"Because I said so" isn't an explanation for why something needs to be done. Its a cop out.