An Hour of Time

A man came home very late from another long day of work to find his five-year-old son waiting for him.  "Daddy, can I ask you a question?"
"What is is?" the father asked.
"How much money do you make an hour?"
"I make $20 an hour," the father answered impatiently.
The little boy thought for a moment, then asked, "Daddy, can I have nine dollars?"
"Don't be ridiculous," the father answered.  "I have a lot of work to finish, so stop bothering me." 
Later, the father began thinking about his son's request.
"I've decided you can have the nine dollars," he said to his son.
"Oh, thank you," the boy replied as he opened his piggy bank and began counting out money. 
When the father saw all the dollar bills his son had already saved, he began to get angry.
"Look at all the money you already have, he said, "What on earth are you going to buy?"
The boy added his father's nine dollars to the pile and offered the bills to his father.
"Daddy, may I buy an hour of your time?"


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To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today. ~ Anonymous

The best thing to spend on your children is your time. ~Louise Hart

Kids spell love T-I-M-E. ~ John Crudele

“When we share ourselves with others, we give them the most priceless possessions we have: life and time…When you give someone your precious time, sharing yourself in listening, empathizing, praying, and working, that time can never be recovered. Once time is gone, it’s gone…but it’s never lost. It becomes an investment.” –Warren Weirsbe

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When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,
and I wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat,
and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me,
and I knew that little things are special things.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer,
and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me goodnight,
and I felt loved.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes,
and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared
and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked...
and wanted to say thanks for all the things
I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.

~Author Unknown




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Housework Can Wait

Come in, but don't expect to find

All dishes done, all floors ashine.

Observe the crumgs and toys galore.

The smudgy prints upon the door.

The little ones we shelter here

Don't thrive on a spotless atmosphere.

They're more inclined to disarray

And carefree even messy play.

Their needs are great, their patience small.

All day I'm at their beck and call.

It's Mommy come! Mommy see!

Wiggly worms and red scraped knee.

Painted pictures, blocks piled high.

My floors unshined, the days go by.

Some future day they'll flee this nest,

And I at last will have a rest!

Now you tell me which matters more,

A happy child or a polished floor?

~Author Unknown


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The World's Sweetest Miracle

A little bit of heaven
Drifted down from above -
A handful of happiness,
A heartful of love.
The mystery of life, So sacred and sweet
The giver of joy, So deep and complete.
Precious and priceless, So lovable, too
The world's sweetest miracle, Baby, is you.

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle.  ~Vincent van Gogh
 
 
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Children Learn What They Live

If a child lives with criticism,
He learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility,
He learns to fight.

If a child lives with ridicule,
He learns to be shy.

If a child lives with shame
He learns to feel guilty.

If a child lives with tolerance,
He learns to be patient.

If a child lives with praise,
He learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with encouragement,
He learns confidence.

If a child lives with fairness,
He learns justice.

If a child lives with security,
He learns to have faith.

If a child lives with approval,
He learns to like himself.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship,
He learns to find love in the world.


~Dorothy Law Nolte Ph.D.


Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. ~Garrison Keillor

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. ~Annie Sullivan

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them. ~Andrew Combe

Children need models more than they need critics.  ~Joseph Joubert


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Children are Inspiring! Quotes & Words of Inspiration About Children

Following are some inspiring quotes about children. They are a gift to us all. May we always love and cherish them. May we lead them along paths of true happiness, inner peace, unconditional love, and abounding success in life!


Children are one third of our population and all of our future. ~Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981

If my heart can become pure and simple, like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this. ~Kitaro Nishida

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything. ~Giacomo Leopardi, Zibaldone Scelto

Children make you want to start life over. ~Muhammad Ali

What is a home without children? Quiet. ~Henny Youngman

A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to. ~Robert Brault

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. ~Frederick Douglass

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him. ~Pablo Casals

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it. ~ Frank A. Clark




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Children Watch, Listen & Learn What They Live

Ever wonder why people are the way they are or where they learned to be a certain way?  We cannot discount the influence of upbringing, peers, environment and genetics.  Although we have very limited or no control over some of the things that shape our children, we can do our part to make a positive difference. We teach them by the way we treat them and the way we treat others.  We can lead them by our example and how we react and cope with people and situations.  It is empowering and encouraging to know that children can learn love and happiness when it is manifested in our own lives.  They watch... they listen... they learn...they copy, and it becomes what they live.  The greatest reward we can ever receive as parents is seeing them live out the beautiful qualities of truly happy and healthy children who grow up to make their own positive contributions to the world and the lives of others.

Below is a very beautiful poem that can inspire us all to do our part in being a positive influence in the lives of children as they learn what they live.  May we guide them and help them learn from the good and the bad, inspire them to walk in integrity, live with security, confidence and love, and be the best they can be!

Children Learn What They Live

If a child lives with criticism,
He learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility,
He learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule,
He learns to be shy.
If a child lives with shame
He learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance,
He learns to be patient.
If a child lives with praise,
He learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with encouragement,
He learns confidence.
If a child lives with fairness,
He learns justice.
If a child lives with security,
He learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval,
He learns to like himself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship,
He learns to find love in the world.

~Dorothy Law Nolte Ph.D.



If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. ~Haim Ginott



Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love. ~Zig Ziglar



Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.



When did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we must make them feel worse?  Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly.  Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?  ~Jane Nelson




Copyright © 2011 Krystal Kuehn. All Rights Reserved. New Day Family & Children Couseling Center




Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a psychotherapist, author, teacher & musician. She is the cofounder of New Day Counseling, a family marriage counseling, child teenage counseling center, BeHappy4Life.com, an award-winning, self-help and inspirational site where you can find hundreds of free resources, insights & words of inspiration to change your life, and Baby-Poems.com where you can find beautiful baby poems, baby quotes, cute sayings & baby videos that will touch your heart & increase your joy & gratitude for the children you love & enjoy! Krystal is also author of several other blogs: Give Thanks Journal, Be Your Best & Words of Inspiration blog and The 10 Keys to Happy and Loving Relationships (kindle version from amazon, also available in pdf format).


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