Ways to say 'I Love You' to your child

1. Spend a little time each day playing
    entirely at your child's direction.
2. Cuddle up under a blanket and watch
    what he or she wants to watch on TV.
3. Give a chocolate kiss along with a real
    one.
4. Exchange butterfly kisses or nose-to-nose     Eskimo kisses.
5. Find something about your child's
    appearance to compliment.
6. Find something about your child's music to     compliment.
7. Do one of your child's chores for him or
    her.
8. Run fingers through hair.
9. Send an encouraging note with your
    child's lunch.
10. Pick out candy conversation hearts with      appropriate messages and present them      to your child.
11. Cook something together.
12. Talk in the car on the way to school
      instead of listening to the radio.
13. Give a foot massage.
14. Take a long walk together, at your child's      pace.
15. Read the funny pages together.
16. Find a video game you can play
     together.
17. Do a jigsaw puzzle together.
18. Use magnetic letters to put loving
     messages on the fridge.
19. Take pictures of facial expressions
     showing different emotions, and tape the      one of you showing "love" over your
     child's bed.
20. Send your child a card in the mail, with      stickers or a treat inside.
21. Stick an encouraging note on your child's      mirror as she sleeps.
22. Set aside a little time each day, maybe      before bedtime, to talk about what's
     going on in your child's life, judgment
     free.

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