2o Ways to Show Your Kids You Love Them

Write notes in their lunchbox. Prepare their favorite meal or dessert. Listen to their stories. Give a spontaneous hug. Kiss them everyday. Tell them about their family history. Say how wonderful they are and that you are the luckiest parent alive. Hang their art on the refridgerator. Read a book to them even if they can read on their own. Take a day off and let them choose what you do together. Explore the world-even if it's through museums and books. Learn a language together (or at least a few phrases). Take up a hobby together. Laugh and laugh and laugh with them. MAKE a gift for them. Build a snowman together. Watch a movie and share the popcorn. Bring them breakfast in bed. Let them take care of you every once in awhile. Make time for them, even when you don't have it. Fight for custody and win!

Excerpted from Parent Magazine