Parents adore their kids, but expressions of love can get lost in the mayhem of carpools, diaper changes, and afterschool activity schedules. Jay Payleitner, author of 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad and proud father of five, inspires parents to turn love into an action verb with 365 simple and doable ideas:
Call your children out on the front lawn to see a double rainbow.
Let them see you reading your Bible and praying. Often.
Learn to say “I love you” in different languages...and say it.
Offer to do the dishes when it’s their turn at the sink.
Find an article or website about something they like and share it with them
New and seasoned parents (or grandparents) will appreciate these silly to serious suggestions that lead to joy, laughter, and connection one loving moment at a time.
Product Details
Title : 365 Ways to Say "I Love You" to Your Kids
Author: Payleitner, Jay
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780736944748
Jay Payleitner is one of the top freelance Christian
radio producers in the United States. He has worked on Josh
McDowell Radio, Today's Father, Jesus Freaks Radio for the
Voice of the Martyrs, Project Angel Tree with Chuck Colson, and
many others. He’s also a popular speaker on parenting and marriage
and the author of dozen-plus books, including the bestselling 52
Things Kids Need from a Dad, 52 Things Wives Need from a
Husband, and 52 Things Sons Need from Their Dad; he also
created “The Dad Manifesto.” Jay has also served as an AWANA
director, a wrestling coach, and the executive director of the
Illinois Fatherhood Initiative; he now partners with the National
Center for Fathering, whose efforts he fosters and promotes. He and
his wife, Rita, live near Chicago, where they’ve raised five great
kids and loved on ten foster babies.