6 relationship habits your kids are learning from you
During a lull in the dinnertime conversation, my partner looks at his plate and says, ?This chicken tastes fowl.? Our kids giggle. It?s a poultry-themed pun that I?ve heard from him more times than I can count, but instead of rolling my eyes or groaning about his goofy sense of humour like I truly want to at times, I jump in with a pun of my own, ?I think we?re clucky to have such a tasty meal.?
My occasional quip is just one way that I show our kids I love my partner just the way he is, silly dad jokes and all. It?s moments like these that demonstrate we?re happy together more effectively than when they hear us say ?I love you? to each other.
?Modelling is ?everything? in parenting,? says Carla Fry, a registered psychologist and director of the Vancouver Psychology Centre in West Vancouver. ?As parents, what we say to our kids in terms of pep talks, heart-to-hearts and lectures isn?t nearly as powerful as how we live day to day in front of our kids.? Our kids learn from our healthy relationships, and they may also copy unhealthy or toxic behaviours in their own future relationships. Sadly, children who are exposed to abusive relationships or domestic violence are also at increased risk of being in abusive relationships themselves.
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