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The Greatest Gift a Parent Can Give
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A child should never have to choose between being themselves or earning their parent’s love. Yet many do, and it leaves scars that follow them into adulthood. The greatest gift we can give our kids is simple but profound: I love you for who you are, not for who I need you to be. That love carries forward for generations.
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I just want to share a story. This
particular man's father is a bit of a
tyrant, a controlling man. And he
certainly had his own history as to how
he became that person. But it manifested
in this family where there was a great
deal of control. He he needed his kids
to learn x amount of time in the right
type of way in certain conditions. And a
child needs to make a choice in that
moment. Do I abide by this to secure the
love, which is the most important factor
that child needs? It's just a feeling of
my parents embrace me. They adore me.
they believe in me? Do I forsake myself
in order to acquire this love for my
parents or do I lean into myself and
become that? To this day, he's still
trying to identify his own self. Here he
is, an adult years later with a family
of his own. And it's hard for him to
pause and listen to his own internal
heartbeat. The gift of looking at a
child and saying, "I love you for who
you are," as opposed to, "I need you to
be something for me," is probably one of
the most selfless gifts we could give to
a child. God willing, it gives to future
generations as well.