Intuitive Parenting - 5 LOVE LANGUAGES

So many of us live the majority of our days in the “knowing we’re loved” zone, let's show how much we love one another with love languages and expressions to our children not being so stressed anxious and controlling.

5 LOVE LANGUAGES FOR CHILDREN - Lets focus on giving one of these on the list a day to our children

Tips to Identify Your Child’s Love Language

In case you don’t know your child’s love language, I’m going to briefly list a few clues to point you in the right direction. I’ll warn you, it may seem at first that your child has ALL the love languages.

Physical Touch

• Your child is touchy-feely and never seems to leave your side.

• Frequently grabs your hand to hold it, leans on you, or rubs you in an affectionate way.

• Loves to snuggle, cuddle, and be close.

• If you reject this snuggle-fest request, they’ll likely feel rejected themselves.

Words of Affirmation

• Your child is highly motivated by your words of encouragement.

• They tend to feed off the validation of others.

• They also will be more affected by harsh verbal correction or discipline.

• Compliments and praise are like fuel to their soul.

Quality Time

• Your child will frequently ask to spend time with you

• Every time you turn around – they’re there looking to see what you’re doing.

• If they aren’t getting the attention they’re seeking out, they will often resort to getting attention elsewhere. This is where getting negative attention can come in.

• They’ll ask to come along when you’re just running errands. The point is, they want to be with you. Here are some great ideas for family connections!

Gifts

• Your child sees receiving gifts a special moment.

• On big gift giving days like Christmas and Birthdays, they’ll often remember who gave each and every gift.

• They will often collect and store seemingly random mementos from places they’ve been or from things they’ve been given by friends.

Acts of Service

• Your child always wants to help and will even try to take over doing things like folding the laundry or putting away dishes as an act of love.

• They will look for things that need to be done, like cleaning up the pile of blocks that got left in the corner. They’ll feel proud and accomplished after doing this, so showing your appreciation will go a long way.

• They will naturally look for ways to help others.