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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!

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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.

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Let go of small things, always remember the big picture

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Don't underestimate your child's intelligence. Let them make choices. Encourage individualism, encourage failure, encourage emotions. Don't let them become you

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Figure things out along with your children, instead of figuring it out yourself, then teaching them.

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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

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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.

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"Because I said so" isn't an explanation for why something needs to be done. Its a cop out.

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Love: the hug that my little guy gives me before I drop him off for daycare in the morning.

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