Where everyone hugs
instead of tugs

What an idea! Yesterday I shared a Rock Poetry idea over at the Downstream Activities for Kids blog. An example of that is what you see above. I love that particular poem by Shel Silverstein. (You can find it in Where The Sidewalk Ends) and sharing it with a group of children always ends with a tumbling, giggly hug o’ war of our own.

I have a suggestion today… when you have one of those moments with your child, whether they’re 2 or 12 or 22, and you find yourselves ‘tugging’ at one another, take a deep breath and then reach out and hug them. Yes, RIGHT THEN! Even if you… or they… are mid-sentence.

Let yourself feel the energy shift. Even if they simply stand there rigidly at first, hold on as if nothing matters more than LOVE.

It will change your day!