We mothers are suppliers. We love our kids through giving them food, protection, love and security. This time of year, it’s important to remember that there are ways to show your children love other than supplying the material things they want for Christmas.
We mothers are suppliers. We love our kids through giving them food, protection, love and security. This time of year, it’s important to remember that there are ways to show your children love other than supplying the material things they want for Christmas. There’s something else we should be providing them so they grow up whole and strong and foundationally sound.
What we need is a reality check. So here we go.
Reality # 1: What makes us good mothers has nothing to do with money or how many presents we buy them at Christmastime.
The best of what we give our kids comes from our attention, time and affections. Supplying them with these things changes their character and impacts their futures. So let’s focus on giving our kids more of these and watch their lives really change.
Reality # 2: We are happier mothers when we focus less on money.
The happiest mothers I see rarely talk about money. They talk about people, relationships, vacations with loved ones, struggles they endured with friends or moments which made them laugh uncontrollably.