One of the best ways to have a close relationship with your child is to write to her and have her write back to you! This helps establish a wonderful way of communicating that may come in very handy when she is a teenager and has trouble talking to you. It also gives her practice in writing!
This two-way correspondence can take several forms:
• Letters—you can have a mailbox in your house where you leave letters or cards to each other. Have your child decorate a box to make it look like a mailbox. You could have an area for writing and making cards set up in your home, if you have room!
• Journal—a journal can pass back and forth between the two of you. Your child can creatively decorate the cover.
• E-mail—this is appropriate for older children but often the only way they’ll communicate once they’re a teenager.
Here’s the most important part—save these letters or at least some of them. You could put them in a binder or a pretty file box according to the year. Then when the time is right you can present them to her; perhaps when she is having a child of her own? It’s also fun to look back and revisit time gone by.
Do you write to your child? Do you have any ideas to add to mine? Please leave me a comment. I’d love to hear from you!
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