How many times you caress your kids and tell thet you love them ?

When my children were young i told them a few time a day, and never let them fall asleep with out a kiss and i love you. Now that they are all grown up and out on their own, I tell them when ever i see them, or talk to them on the phone.

Oh man, I was brought up in a very kissable, huggable home lol. I had to kiss my mother every time I left the house, and say I Love You every time I left or said goodbye on the telephone. I kiss and hug my daughters almost, literally, every time I am near them lol. My husband always jokes around and imitates me lol, but now he does it a lot too LOL!!! I don't know what it is, my love for them is just insanely amazing, and when they are near me, sometimes i almost want to cry because they are a part of me and my husband's love for one another, and they are living proof of that :) I love my babies =)

i have a three years old son and his pictires appears as my avatar. i caress and tell my son i love him every minute if the day as long as i am at home. if i am out to work or out of town to work i always call my wife and ask how is our little bundle of joy. i also tlak to him at the phone but not long for he is not fond of talking on the phone. he likes it more when i am around than just on phone only. kids grows fast and i am glad that i got the opportunity to have a child so i show him my love everyday. there is a certain age braket specially that our child is a boy that they no ;onger wanted to get hugs and kiss from a dad.

I also really love my child. every day I always say to my child. if he make a mistake, I will give her wig. I give him understanding, I chide him because I love him.

I was just having this very discussion with a mother who has a little girl my daughter's age and a son who is 14 and is special needs. Both of us were talking with a teenage boy (18) who started a very bad rumor in the church that was intended to pit this mother against another woman who works in the church. After expalinign the trouble he could have caused, I asked him why he did it, and he said he was trying to get back at the other lady because he heard she called him a bad name (it turns out she did not do it...that was a lie told to him). He said he was hurt when he heard it because his dad calls him names every day and tells him he wish he wasn't born, he's no godd, etc. He said his dad has never told him he loves him. We were telling him that we always tell our children we love them, and since he said his mother (who is no longer with his father) tells him she loves him we told him to listen to her and just pray for his father who is probably dealing with some hurt in his own life. He is a wonderful and friendly young man who comes and hangs out at the church a lot and I believe he gets a lot of support there whereas other young people going through what he is going through don't have any support systems and their lives are being shattered. Children need to be told they are loved, they need the cuddling and nurturing that only a parent can give.