The Top 10 Things Children Really Want Their Parents To Do With Them

by Colleen Hammond on January 21, 2010

 The Top 10 Things Children Really Want Their Parents To Do With ThemIt’s always the little things, isn’t it? Sometimes we think it’s all the activities we’ve signed them up for or the social events…when actually, they just want a little one-on-one time with us. How simple and charming!

Full article available from LifeHack.

Here is a list of the top ten things students around the world said they remembered and loved most about their mothers.

  1. Come into my bedroom at night, tuck me in and sing me a song. Also tell me stories about when you were little.
  2. Give me hugs and kisses and sit and talk with me privately.
  3. Spend quality time just with me, not with my brothers and sisters around.
  4. Give me nutritious food so I can grow up healthy.
  5. At dinner talk about what we could do together on the weekend.
  6. At night talk to me about about anything; love, school, family etc.
  7. Let me play outside a lot.
  8. Cuddle under a blanket and watch our favorite TV show together.
  9. Discipline me. It makes me feel like you care.
  10. Leave special messages in my desk or lunch bag.

Children are incredibly wise and tend to see the world more simply than we do. Perhaps it is time we start taking their advice. Maybe we would all feel a little less stressed and be satisfied with the fact that doing little things really is… good enough.

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1 Cori Hyland January 26, 2010 at 11:33 am

This is a really good article. Made me think.

Cori

2 Amanda February 2, 2010 at 8:17 pm

This just brought tears to my eyes…

3 Colleen Hammond February 3, 2010 at 6:16 am

I hope they were happy tears…!

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