Brown Eyed Baby Boutique

Loving Enough To Care!

September 20th, 2006

Have you ever tried to help someone with a problem only to feel you didn’t know where to begin?

Have you ever wondered why people who give the most of themselves seem to lead the fullest lives?

Genuine, productive caring is nearly a lost art.  How do you develop a caring attitude?  What are the commmon “wrong” ways to care?  What are the tools for genuine caring?  and how can you use them productively?

Caring could change your life and the lives of those you love…if you love them enough to care.

Children, especially in this day and age, need to know you care.  Here are a few tools to help you in your quest for caring!

1. Listening- All caring is based upon communication and there is no tool more important than the ability to listen.

2. Understanding - You can’t have undersanding without listening but listening alone will not insure understanding. To understand is to see the world through your childs perspective.

3. Persevering - It is not easy to learn.  It is not easy to do..and keep on doing.  When you persevere, you stand by and go the extra mile.

4. Encouraging - Just as we have too many talkers and not enough listeners, we also have too any criticizers and not enough encouragers.

5. Confrontation- This is best done in a family when the level of emotion is low.  Do not put off “carefronting” forever just to avoid the conflict.  It is a responsibility of love, though an uncomfortable one.

6. Comforting - To comfort is to give hope.

For more on caring be sure to check out our article in Brown Eyed Baby Boutique!

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