Children's Love Letters: A Pediatrician's Guide To How Your Child Spells Love

Children's Love Letters will give you insights and sweet, simple ways into your children’s hearts. You’ll grow and deepen your relationships with your children as well as learn about yourself along the way. Read a chapter theme, organized alphabetically — Love is Abundant, Love is Bold . . . Savor. Pause. Reflect. Write your thoughts and possible actions on the pages provided at the end of each short chapter. This is an opportunity for you to reflect on this wondrous journey called parenting in a concise, yet powerful way. Implement the small actions you choose. Each action will bring you closer to understanding that precious gift that is your child. Yes, all children are a gift, though sometimes we may not feel that way in a frustrating moment. Experience this fun, eye-opening journey through Children’s Love Letters on your own, with your kids, with your partner, a friend, or a group of parents. Children’s Love Letters offers a valuable opportunity for group discussions. The beauty of community lies in supporting one another’s growth while we help our children develop in ways that will serve them on their life’s journey—to help them become the best version of themselves.

Do you know how your child spells love? The world is a busy place for many parents—so many obligations and distractions that busyness can take our eyes off of what truly matters. What truly matters? Building loving, healthy, strong relationships. Think about it. Beyond the busyness, what remains are our loving relationships—or lack of them. One sacred relationship is that of parent and child, in whatever form that might be—biological parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, grandparents raising their grandkids, or guardians. Sometimes we confuse the urgent with the important. If we want to raise healthy children, nurturing the love between us must be our first priority. That is the truth. As a pediatrician, my joy and passion are not only to provide medical advice but also to help parents navigate this amazing journey of parenthood. There is no custom manual for each of our unique children. We cannot give from a place of emptiness, so we must give out of the abundance of our hearts. When we learn to give from a place of peace, joy, awareness, openness, and healing, we can sense what our children need and fill their thirsty souls. Children’s Love Letters will give you insight and a tool to grow that place of peace and abundance.