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Gifts for Children - ATTENTION - 2

....‘Cool sein’ ist das grösse Gebot innerhalb unserer Jugend. Diese Werte werden aufgebaut in der Kindheit. Wenn du Achtung und Respekt, Anerkennung und Aufmerksamkeit willst, dann musst du Wege finden, cool zu sein, sonst bist du ein Verlierer...‘…

‘Be cool’ is the greatest imperative among our youth. These values are built up in childhood. If you want esteem and respect, recognition and attention, then you have to find ways to be cool or you will be a loser.

How Do Our Children Learn?

Marketing?

The marketing experts are too shrewd to be exposed. They strive to connect their products to parents' needs. You have to have virtual reality glasses because everyone else has them too. If possible in a better version. You need to get it soon to be 'in' and 'cool'. Therefore, new products are constantly available in these areas. Business is booming because their appeal is overwhelming.

Therefore, digital learning is often inevitable in schools too. Drawing and modeling is losing its fascination in the face of such modern digital toys.

New products are needed so that these “new” children's needs can also be satisfied.

How important is it to know what a really important gift for children is! Children can only hope that their adult companions will be good guides, not seducers. For if they are seducers, then the children also become seducers. Seducers protect seducers.

....Neue Produkte müssen her, damit diese ‚neuen‘ Kinderbedürfnisse auch befriedigt werden können. Auch ganz in der Natur kann diese in Vergessenheit geraten. Moderne Spielzeuge können das machen! Wie wichtig ist es doch zu wissen, was ein wirklich …

New products are needed so that these “new” children's needs can also be satisfied. Even in nature, this can be forgotten. Modern toys can do that! How important is it to know what a really important gift for children is! Children can only hope that their adult companions will be good guides, not seducers. For if they are seducers, then the children also become seducers. Seducers protect seducers.

Circumstances

People adapt to the circumstances. Somehow they manage everywhere. Even in the North Pole. Children are raised everywhere, even in extreme living spaces.

Our brain is sensational. It is through learning that we develop our neural brain connections. These circuits are unique and culturally different. This growing into one's own culture becomes everyone's potential. The structure of the brain is strongly influenced by learning.

Children's brains are preprogrammed even before they are born. Therefore every child is different. Before birth, it was the mother's tones that influenced the brain. These neural behavior patterns are familial, cultural and very important. These should be valued, the individual should be accepted. Making sounds with the mouth, building a tower with building blocks, repeating it and learning the language with it, and then all of school learning, that should be trained through practice. This is how potential development works.

The child experiences himself as a subject in this daily learning. The more it experiences acceptance, the more it feels connected to the environment. The self-learning process is important to develop. Parents would like to direct this process themselves. Sure, it has to be prepared for this society. But where are the limits.

Children need companions, role models, not constant evaluators

The adults who are responsible for the upbringing want to steer the children in their desirable direction. They have their own goals. From playful fun, it becomes the object of the ideas, instructions, evaluations, support and educational measures of the parents. This seems normal, but it can have dramatic effects on the child. It notices that it no longer meets the expectations and expectations of the parents.

We parents and teachers are often not aware that we often treat children as objects instead of subjects, that is, we educate them for our own benefit and ideas, perhaps even proud of their performance, with which we plant them from their own system into ours . The child should learn what we consider important and right. After all, it is a child and cannot know what is important and right for it. Logical!

....Uns Eltern und Lehrer ist oft nicht bewusst, dass wir die Kinder oft als Objekte statt Subjekte behandeln, es also zu unserem eigenen Nutzen und Vorstellungen erziehen, dabei vielleicht sogar stolz auf deren Leistung sind, womit wir sie aus ihre…

We parents and teachers are often not aware that we often treat children as objects instead of subjects, that is, we educate them for our own benefit and ideas, perhaps even proud of their performance, with which we plant them from their own system into ours .

The child should learn what we consider important and right. Be better than others, defeat, win, even be better than me. After all, it is a child and cannot know what is important and right for it. Logical!

Basic Needs of Children

Reliable Connection and Autonomous Development

These two basic needs of children are often neglected, which, for example, can lead to a phase of defiance. The child has to come to terms with it, find its own solution and overlay unpleasant feelings with pleasant ones or bridge any pain.

Through playful experimentation, children can override such dilemmas. The better they learn to cope with it, the more successful they seem to be. They will then try the same as their role models, namely to use other people for their purposes and ideas.

Power and Influence are Developed in This Way

Children who fail to meet these challenges often tend to make themselves the objects of their negative reviews in order to get out of this pain. These children tend to like each other less and less and eventually get sick because of it.

Both those children who learn to make others their objects and goals, and those who make themselves the object of their negative evaluations and thus regard themselves as incapable, both have to perform a technically difficult brain function for this learning process. You have to learn to override the neural networks that cause your pain with other thoughts.

What Makes Children Strong?

  • The joy of discovering yourself

  • Self-learning processes,

  • make autonomous decisions,

  • experience a reliable connection,

these experiences make children strong. With such experiences they try to overcome the pain. And most of them manage it. But then they no longer feel the same joy and passion as before.

Resignation or Rebellion

Their natural need for autonomy becomes a constant struggle against paternalism, and their longing for connection changes into rejection and indifference towards the environment. You seem strained and driven. When they play, they want to, yes, they have to be better than the others and want to win. Children with a strong ego tend to actively protest, even rebel. If you learn this early on, it can accompany you throughout your life.

Others, on the other hand, withdraw, tend to be anxious and have little self-confidence. You resign. The carefree and open-mindedness of the children is gone. The more this affects their development, the more it will affect them for life.

We hold it because it is experienced everywhere as normal. We experienced it that way ourselves. It complies with the norm. But that doesn't mean it's good or optimal.

....Verführbar wird ein Mensch immer dann, wenn er bedürftig ist, ein ungestilltes Bedürfnis in sich trägt. Das wissen die Verführer ganz genau. Sie bieten den zu Verführenden immer etwas an, auch wenn es nur ersatzweise Befriedigung bietet...A pers…

A person can always be seduced when he is needy, when he has an unsatisfied need. The seducers know that very well. They always offer something to be seduced, even if it only offers alternative satisfaction.

Attention Seduction!

Connectedness and security are very important to us all. We somehow seek to satisfy these basic needs until we get there. But the way we try to do this often runs through seduction. We want to get this satisfaction mostly through achievement and recognition in order to be accepted into the community. Making self-worth dependent on performance is dangerous for our quality of life. (BLOG)

It starts as a toddler. It then continues in school, training and professional life. It is exhausting to strive for recognition all your life. Someone who has to do this is no longer a free person but a needy one, and such are optimal victims for seducers.

Fortunately, even if the brain has been deformed, it can be changed to the last. Therefore it is never too late to free someone from these entanglements, to DEVELOP. There are still games and gifts that help not to get entangled but to evolve.

....Zum Glück ist das Gehirn, auch wenn es deformiert worden ist, bis zuletzt veränderbar. Deshalb ist es nie zu spät, jemanden aus diesen Verwicklungen zu befreien, sich also zu ENT-WICKELN. Es gibt noch Spiele und Geschenke, die helfen, sich nicht…

Fortunately, even if the brain has been deformed, it can be changed to the last. Therefore it is never too late to free someone from these entanglements, to DEVELOP. There are still games and gifts that help not to get entangled but to evolve.

Not seducible!

There are few children who cannot be seduced by gifts. But how must these be developed so that they do not fall for seducers?

Such children pretty much know what they want.

They only do what they really care about. You do this fully motivated, with total dedication and of your own accord. Often a playful lightness can also be seen. With these qualities, they do not fit so well into daycare centers and schools. Adults often react awkwardly to such children because they are difficult to raise. Praise and blame hardly have any effect on them. Gifts have no effect either.

Therefore, many of them are sent to doctors and psychologists. They often receive medication there. Some quickly become artists or inventors, setting up their own 'company'. They like to get involved in an important cause and do 'their thing'. It is not uncommon for them to be extremely successful.

Many of the well-known entrepreneurs, poets, artists and inventors are such personalities. Others consider you gifted. Many then believe that genetic predispositions are responsible for this.

But there are many personal and social skills (EQ) gained through educational work that are responsible for their success. The joy of discovery and creativity is unbroken with them. Joy in creativity and imagination is what drives them, so to speak. Thanks to their imagination, they always manage to implement their ideas. The success that they inevitably receive builds their confidence. They don't want to prove to others, but to themselves what they're made of. Their intrinsic motivation was not destroyed as it was with the others. (BLOG)

....Ihre besonderen Fähigkeiten haben sie nicht gewonnen durch sogenannt pädagogisch wertvollem Spielzeug, sondern weil sie bei jeder sich bietenden Gelegenheit und den sich bietenden Möglichkeiten entsprechend ausprobiert haben, was sich aus etwas …

They did not gain their special skills through so-called educationally valuable toys, but rather because they tried out what can be made of something at every opportunity and the available possibilities. You can do something with water, stones, wood, grass, dishes, whatever comes into your fingers. Whether at home, in the great outdoors, in kindergarten, you will find exciting challenges everywhere.

The Most Important Gift

Sure, these children also received presents. But these gifts were no more attractive than the cordless drill from the tool cabinet. There are gifts that help protect the children from seduction.

The most important gift that all children need cannot be bought anywhere. You need a safe haven. Then they can unfold. The harbor does not have to be luxurious, it arises all by itself when a child feels that they are loved by their companions. You feel what love really is. You will notice the difference between “I love you” and “I love you the way you are”. Unconditional trust in the child opens up their potential. It's an important part of the port. (BLOG)

The safe haven is the most important gift we can give them. All children bring their irrepressible joy in carefree, self-designed games with them. Discovering and shaping is their natural behavior. You love adventure. They love to play, the more the better.

Adults often find play to be unimportant. We often think we can interrupt their games. We do not notice what we can destroy in the process.

Our efficiency thinking is dangerous for the children. We don't have to evaluate everything. Let's just be attentive and watch their behavior and creations. It doesn't matter so much how well the child does something.

....Erwachsene finden oft Spiel als unwichtig. Wir meinen oft, wir könnten ihre Spiele unterbrechen. Dabei merken wir nicht, was wir dabei zerstören können.Unser Effizienzdenken ist gefährlich für die Kinder. Wir müssen nicht alles bewerten. Seien w…

Adults often find play to be unimportant. We often think we can interrupt their games. We do not notice what we can destroy in the process.

Our efficiency thinking is dangerous for the children. We don't have to evaluate everything. Let's just be attentive and watch their behavior and creations. It doesn't matter so much how well the child does something.

Thoughts from the book by Gerald Hüther and André Stern “What do we give our children

Gifts for Children - ATTENTION - 1

....Nicht nur an Weihnachten und zum Geburtstag geben wir Geschenke. Immer mehr sind wir geneigt, ja lieben es zeitweilen, den Kindern mit Geschenken wenn immer möglich Freude zu bereiten. Wir lieben glückliche Kinder, nicht wahr? Zu diesem Thema gi…

We don't just give gifts for Christmas and birthdays. We are more and more inclined, sometimes even love to give the children joy with gifts whenever possible. We love happy children, don't we? There is some very important information on this subject that is extremely important to us parents and grandparents.

The Challenge

In our western civilization, at least, we are so well off that gifts are a valuable way of bringing joy to people, especially children. We can afford it.

Not only do we know that, but also the advertising and sales industries. Anyone who wants to sell something thinks carefully about how and to whom they want to sell a product. Children are of course a welcome customer.

There are still powerful and superior who allow their rule to be expanded. Whoever wants to gain power over others today no longer needs to wage war. He can try offers with seductive gifts. The ones who are most easily seduced in this regard are the children. They have not yet developed weapons against such seducers. Children can easily be made dependent on gifts that meet their needs.

Such seduction is a particularly perfidious one. It endangers our children and even our lives in this world.

What do we offer our children when it comes to preparing them for a positive future? Statistics say that one in ten students needs psychotherapeutic / psychiatric treatment. A quarter suffers from high blood pressure, extreme obesity, diabetes or other physical illnesses, a lack of concentration, anxiety disorders, and a lack of social behavior.

Apparently we as parents fail to strengthen them, all too often we weaken them. We need help.

2 Basic Needs of Children

The Language of the Eyes

Children are so perfectly natural with their eyes that it is easy to tell whether they are happy, sad, hungry, or angry. We adults learned to hide our feelings. In certain cultures one cannot look one another in the eye. It's a taboo there.

....So süss!! Glückliche Kinderaugen sind so beeindruckend, dass im Verkauf die strahlenden Kinderaugen gern als Werbemotiv verwendet werden. Bekommen Kinder das sehnlichst gewünschte Präsent, dann leuchten ihre Augen. Kinder sprechen nicht nur mit …

So sweet!! Happy children's eyes are so impressive that the bright children's eyes are often used as an advertising motif in sales. When children get the present they long for, their eyes light up. Children not only speak with their gaze, they can also read our expressions very well. Let us look more consciously at the children's eyes and try to understand them better and better.

1. Basic Need

One of the most important - if not the most important basic needs for children - is the close bond with their mother. If children are left alone, they die within. The mother cannot be completely replaced by someone else.

A child can read the longing for connection between adults and children immediately. It will seek and live out this bond.

....Durch starke Verbundenheit entwickelt sich im Kind die Liebesfähigkeit, die es später braucht, um auch glückliche Beziehungen aufbauen zu können...Through a strong bond, the child develops the ability to love, which it later needs in order to be…

Through a strong bond, the child develops the ability to love, which it later needs in order to be able to build happy relationships.

2. Basic Need

Another basic need for children is to practice their learning skills. You want to develop, explore, try out and try out new things. You are totally intrinsically motivated (BLOG) and want to get to know the immediate environment first, later the whole world and want to assert yourself in it. This striving for autonomy needs to be supported and protected.

These two elements of life determine their development. You need both every day, even every hour. The more they are positively accompanied in this, the stronger they can become.

Can you imagine that there could be gifts that could change, even destroy, these two basic needs? If children can build a tower until they finally succeed, what other toys are still needed? Can our children still look for what they need to be happy themselves?

A salesperson is far less interested in supporting the child in these needs than in their own financial gain. Toy advertising is interested in HAVING and not BEING. The more we have, the happier we should be, they say.

....Unsere Konsumgesellschaft stellt sicher, dass wir auf Güter ausgerichtet sind, aufs Besitzen. Aber unsere Familie zeigt uns, dass es noch andere äusserst wichtige Bereiche gibt, in die wir investieren sollten, nämlich:..Our consumer society ensu…

Our consumer society ensures that we are focused on goods, on owning. But our family shows us that there are other very important areas in which we should invest, namely:

Warmth, care, tenderness, nourishment, affection and appreciation are part of it. Ultimately, it's about love. How can you give these areas as a gift, pass them on in such a way that it arrives on the other side as real love? Unfortunately, many parents fail to do this. They think they love their children. However, despite all possible efforts, they do not get their love tank filled because their basic needs have not been reached.

Children need the most important gift in order to be well prepared for their life. If this does not succeed, they become victims of our postmodernism.

Why We Give Presents to our Children

Giving is part of social life and confirms the bond with one another. Attention and gratitude are important to us, perhaps also a gift in return with which a business is created.

Purpose-built

The way we give a gift often shows whether it is a behavioral reward or a motivation for certain behavior. We often associate giving with an intention. Performance for consideration. "I'm giving you this so ..." shows that there is an intention behind a gift. The child senses that something is wrong. They may not even understand the words, but the facial expressions and key will tell them.

Children like to accept gifts that are particularly attractive. A gift can be attractive because the gift gives it more recognition among its peer group.

Whoever tries hard to be noticed and admired by a child pursues this intention by means of a gift. Many give something to children so that they will love or like them. Is that good for the child? It shows the parental inability to love the child without intent. Unconditional love is often in short supply (BLOG).

Motivation Fear

Gifts to help children learn better obedience are often double-edged. The parents think that the children are better off with it. Gifts are hidden seduction here. Behind this is the fear that the child will not be able to succeed later. That is why such parents pave the way to success for their children with gifts. But will the children really be successful with it? If there weren't any better methods.

Motivation Independence

With praise, gifts and recognition, parents try to become companions on a partnership basis. Parents do not trust their children to sometimes find their way alone. This world must be opened up to children so that they learn to get to know their talents and to experience how they can use them even without adults:

....Verantwortlich fühlen für Tiere und Menschen, auch für Dinge, ist ein wichtiges Erlebnis. Es entwickelt Vertrauen in die Selbst-Kompetenz (BLOG). Dies zeigt sich an der besonderen Fähigkeit, sich auch einmal wenn nötig zu entschuldigen. Das käme…

Feeling responsible for animals and people, including things, is an important experience. It develops confidence in self-competence (BLOG). This is shown in the special ability to apologize once if necessary. That would be an educational compliment.

Motivation Money

Children receive gifts from everyone who wants to please them. But also from those who want to influence their lives. It's not about sympathy, but making money with children and thanks to them. It's not about doing good for the children. It's about using the art of seduction optimally so that the cash register is full. Often these child seducers are not recognized. They don't give the gift to the children themselves, but the adults buy their products such as toys and confectionery. This is one of the most perfidious machines of seduction in mankind.

Two Examples

“What tastes sweet is good,” say the children. Sugar usually has a negative impact on the brain. It makes them think they are happy now thanks to dopamine. Candy makers know that. Almost all foods contain sugar. The children like that. Whoever buys these kinds of things makes himself the stooge of such seducers. Often, 'healthy' foods also contain sugar.

Colors in themselves are another attractant. Colorful, shimmering products attract. If movement, tone and shine are connected with this, then the child is at the mercy of it. A smartphone or tablet is hard to beat. The children are immediately enthusiastic. No chance for parents to protect them from such attraction. It is almost impossible to withhold them from them as they are available everywhere. Withholding them makes them even more attractive. A big challenge!

....Ein Ball zum Spielen, eine Katze zum Streicheln und dann viel Natur. Das ist gesund...A ball to play with, a cat to stroke and then lots of nature. That is healthy.....

A ball to play with, a cat to stroke and then lots of nature. That is healthy.

....Schenken ist Teil sozialen Lebens und bestätigt die Verbundenheit untereinander. Beachtung und Dankbarkeit ist uns dabei wichtig, vielleicht auch eine Gegengabe, womit ein Geschäft entsteht. Wie du mir, so ich dir!..Giving is part of social life…

Giving is part of social life and confirms the bond with one another. Attention and gratitude are important to us, perhaps also a gift in return with which a business is created. Tit for tat!

....Kinder lernen von uns auch das Schenken. Besonders, wenn das auch zu ihrer Liebessprache gehört (BLOG), dann können sie es weit bringen...Children also learn to give from us. Especially if that is also part of their love language (BLOG), then th…

Children also learn to give from us. Especially if that is also part of their love language (BLOG), then they can go a long way.

....Leider sind allzuviele Kinder starke Süsswaren-Konsumenten. Die elterliche Herausforderung: Was könnte ein guter Ersatz sein? Vielleicht ein gemeinsames Spiel oder eine Geschichte?..Unfortunately, too many children are heavy confectionery consum…

Unfortunately, too many children are heavy confectionery consumers. The Parental Challenge: What Could Be a Good Replacement? Maybe a game or story together?

Colors in themselves are another attractant. Colorful, shimmering products attract. If movement, tone and shine are connected with this, then the child is at the mercy. A smartphone or tablet is hard to beat. The children are immediately enthusiastic. No chance for parents to protect them from such attraction. It is almost impossible to withhold them from them as they are available everywhere. Withholding them makes them even more attractive. A big challenge!

Continuation follows

Thoughts from the book by Gerald Hüther and André Stern “What do we give our children”

The 5 Love Languages For Children - 'I'll give you something'

....Wer seinem Kind ein Tier schenkt, der kann damit einen grossen Vorteil entwickeln lassen. Tiere, die auf die Zuneigung des Kindes reagieren können, helfen mit, deren emotionalen Tank zu füllen. Mit einem Tier ist auch die Pflegeverantwortung ver…

If you give your child an animal, you can develop a great advantage with it. Animals that can respond to the child's affection help fill their emotional tank. With an animal there is also the responsibility for caring for, with which the child can credit a lot for his character development under expert guidance.

You can get to know the 1st to 3rd love language here:

LS1-Tenderness LS2-Praise LS3-Attention

Love Language 4:

Children's Voices

"Why does your mommy love you?" The ten-year-old Rahel replies: "Come to my room and I'll show you." Once there, she points to a large teddy bear. "My parents brought it back for me from my vacation."

"My kindergarten teacher likes me very much. Look at Grandma what she gave me."

"Carmen (15), how do you know that your parents love you? * Carmen points to her beautiful clothes and says:" I got all this from them. "

Giving is a phenomenon

There are gifts in all cultures and at all times. It's kind of part of being human. In Greek there is the word CHARIS, which means both 'grace' and 'gift of love, gift'. A gift is actually a gift, an undeserved gift and should not be thought of as a reward. It is thus an expression of love and affection, a voluntary service, so to speak.

....Unsere Wirtschaft lebt gut dank unserer Geschenk-Kultur. Auch die Schweizer Schokoladen-Industrie profitiert davon !!! Aber lassen wir uns nicht verführen: Geschenke sollen echte Bedürfnisse des Nächsten befriedigen. Dann haben wir ins Herz getr…

Our economy thrives thanks to our gift culture. The Swiss chocolate industry also benefits from this! But let's not be seduced: gifts are supposed to satisfy the real needs of our neighbor. Then we hit the heart

Gifts can be very clear signs of love. They show affection at the moment of delivery and sometimes for many years afterwards. Do you also have an old-time gift to remember?

IMPORTANT: Gifts that have been carefully selected are symbols of love. Even so, the gift alone is not enough to keep a child's love tank full. A gift for an upset child usually does harm. The right moment is crucial.

Parents are often disappointed that their children do not respond happily and gratefully to gifts. Perhaps it is not their love language or other factors such as the wrong gift, inopportune moment, abundance, or parental disbelief.

Business

A gift is by no means always a gift of undisputed affection. In the business world in particular, they are often consideration for favors or even an attempt to bribe for a competitive advantage. You show yourself appreciative and interested.

....Geldgeschenke gehören zu den einfachen Geschenks-Formen. In der Geschäftswelt sind es meist nicht mehr Banknoten, sondern Reisen und diverse Vergnügungen. Mit Geldschein-Geschenken kann ein Kind sparen und vernünftig ausgeben lernen. Dazu brauch…

Money gifts are one of the simple forms of gift. In the business world, it's usually no longer banknotes, but travel and various amusements. With banknote gifts, a child can learn to save and spend wisely. However, this requires special supervision at the beginning.

If the mother brings her child a present because the child has tidied up the room, it is a reward for an achievement. If I promise the child an ice cream, if they eat it up nicely, then it's more like bribery, manipulation, but not a gift. The child usually sees through our motives, sooner or later.

Dilemma

Too many parents love their children, but cannot get it across so that the child can understand their love. Often the parents unconsciously choose the wrong love language, or they do it right, but the child still has an empty love tank. In this state, the child cannot recognize or experience love language as such. As parents, you have to take the trouble to pick up the child from where they are. Easier said than done !

If the parents finally decide to give the child a special treat, this is linked to the expectation that the child will also happily and gratefully accept the gift. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, which wears parents down and often makes them give up. Unfortunately. Exactly then it is important to think about where the child can be picked up, what their current stressful moments are, where the needs are and how they can best be supported there. When you have found the neuralgic point, everything can quickly turn for the better.

....Kastanienzeit - die Mutter geht mit ihrem Kind Kastanien sammeln und macht daraus etwas Spezielles für die ganze Familie - ein Geschenk aus der Natur von besonderer Bedeutung, das zu einer Tradition werden kann...Chestnut time - the mother goes …

Chestnut time - the mother goes with her child to collect chestnuts and turns them into something special for the whole family - a gift from nature of particular importance that can become a tradition.

Make Optimal Use of Gifts

If gifts are intended as a gift of love, size and price do not play an important role. What counts is the affection, the thinking, wanting to bring joy, the love behind it.

If we shop carelessly and hand over the gift without inner involvement, then this will soon become a matter of course for oversaturated children. They adjust their expectations. There are children who love the tension of unpacking more than the gift.

Beware of toys: the too large selection forces responsible parents to work extra: careful selection. Quality over quantity applies here. A game is there for learning so that life can be mastered successfully and should not destroy the child or his brain in the process (gaming). Choose games that are durable and stable, that can support the kids for long periods of time, that are not too expensive and not complicated. Every toy stands for values. Keep this in mind. War games encourage aggressive behavior towards others, maybe even towards parents.

....Unglaublich, mit wievielen Geschenken unsere Kinder heutzutage umzugehen haben. Unsere Wohlstandgesellschaft macht es ihnen nicht leicht. Aber wir als Eltern können es einigermassen steuern, nicht wahr ?..It's unbelievable how many gifts our chi…

It's unbelievable how many gifts our children have to deal with these days. Our affluent society does not make it easy for them. But we as parents can control it to some extent, right?

Pay Attention to the Motifs

How quickly do you get there, instead of dealing with the children's love languages, simply giving them a gift, a present instead of a presence, so to speak. The fact is that dedication demands commitment and gifts can be obtained quickly.

Some parents lack the time, knowledge or patience to strive to convey true security. The fathers in particular are challenged when they come home late. The working mothers, who sometimes feel guilty, sometimes justified, then quickly buy a gift based on these motives.

....Weihnachten, Geburtstag, Ostern kommen bestimmt - wieder und wieder - und nochmals - Jemand freut sich bestimmt, dass wir Geschenke gekauft haben !!!..Christmas, birthday, Easter will definitely come - again and again - and again - someone will …

Christmas, birthday, Easter will definitely come - again and again - and again - someone will definitely be happy that we bought gifts !!!

Giving is not a panacea for a lifestyle that has got out of hand!

Rethinking our priorities is necessary from time to time. Allow yourself, if possible in pairs, the time to determine and eliminate any weak points by means of reflection.

Buy Love

Gift giving is often abused by separated parents over whom only one has custody. There gifts are intended to cover up the pain of separation or to calm one's conscience. Expensive and lovelessly chosen gifts then easily become a means of bribery to buy the child's love. At some point the children will buckle it up. Material things are no substitute for love, for no child.

Since the parents are role models for the children, they are led to a materialistic worldview where money is more important than people. Such damage to character is difficult to repair.

Often separated mothers live with their children in simple circumstances. The fathers could then take advantage of this to spoil the children with interesting occasions and gifts, which can lead to the children no longer wanting to go back to their mother. In doing so, the father unconsciously does the children a disservice, because the mother's important educational work is made considerably more difficult or even impossible. The children are unnecessarily weakened.

Divorced parents would do well to work together as optimally as possible, to pursue the same educational goals and to share joys and sorrows as often as is reasonable.

Toy store - less is more

Kennen Sie den 'Wer gibt mehr - Wettbewerb' ?

Kennen Sie den 'Wer gibt mehr - Wettbewerb' ?

If the children's room is overflowing with toys, tidiness can no longer be thought of. The individual gift quickly becomes less important. The child can no longer cope with the toys emotionally. What was meant as a gain becomes a loss, a burden. Less is more.

Perhaps gifts are better that do not trigger storms of enthusiasm - which are usually short-lived - but all the more long-term joy. Why not play along with the child? This increases the value of the toy.

At a certain age, the children can be asked what they want. Sometimes it works. Money doesn't mean anything to young children.

When gifts are the mother tongue

Unfortunately it is the case that children - like us adults - can never get enough. You can tell that children with this love language react differently. A gift has a deeper meaning for them. They appreciate the wrapping, a special ritual that expresses affection for them. First they like the ribbon, the paper, the colors, then the slow unpacking during which they are the focus. The giver should be present wherever possible when giving gifts. You will get a warm hug.

The gift is given a place of honor, shown to friends and presented to you again. This gift is linked to your love. It is unimportant whether you made it yourself, found it or bought it. It is important that YOU have thought of the child.

If you have given a gift to one of your children who does not speak this love language, you can avoid an emotional disaster by never taking the gift back or reclaiming it.

For children with this love language, childhood is a wonderful time of memories because they can still indulge in parental love.

....Wunderbar ! Dieses Kind hat gelernt, dass Geschenke Freude bereiten und die Zuneigung und Liebe spiegeln. Wunderbar !..Wonderful ! This child learned that gifts bring joy and reflect affection and love. Wonderful !....

Wonderful ! This child learned that gifts bring joy and reflect affection and love. Wonderful !

Unconditional Love - The Best of The Best

....Die bedingungslose Liebe reicht die Hand - in jedem Fall...Unconditional love extends a hand - in any case.....

Unconditional love extends a hand - in any case.

Recommend reading the <Conditional Love - Good or Bad> blog first.

Many people get scared just hearing the word 'UNCONDITIONAL'. The possibility of abuse is raised. You're right. It is not applicable everywhere.

Conditions protect us. In work, in the family, in marriage. As the blog about conditional love wants to show, this component of love is also important.

But when it comes to raising children, promoting social relationships, and maturing a marriage, the path to happiness is unconditional love.

....Wer bedingslose Liebe erhält, bekommt wohl eines der besten Geschenke, die Menschen weitergeben können.......

Anyone who receives unconditional love probably gets one of the best gifts that people can give.

What is unconditional love?

Nowadays there is so much talk of UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. The term has become an integral part of the alternative media. But what exactly is UNCONDITIONAL LOVE? Actually it is quite easy:

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE is love - without conditions.

Most of the time, however, the mind will not simply agree to do without conditions. “It doesn't work! There must be a reason, a requirement, a condition. " The mind is a brilliant tool, wonderfully suited to help us find our way around life when it comes to the dimensions of space and time, cause and effect.

Just as the mind is needed for conditioned love, it is all the more important for unconditional love. In general, love has much more to do with intellect than with feelings. Many don't like to hear that. The good news is that once the mind is properly tuned, emotions will adjust to it and produce tons of happiness. But if the logic of life is programmed incorrectly, then the frontal lobe is needed, i.e. willpower, to make this correction. This is probably the best investment because it leads to a real quality of life.

....Oft hört man, wir sollen dem Bauchgefühl folgen. Das mag manchmal gut gehen. Wer aber den Verstand trainiert hat, hat klare Vorteile. Denn er kann für die Balance von Geist und Seele spezialisiert werden.......

You often hear that we should follow our gut feeling. That may go well sometimes. But those who have trained their minds have clear advantages. Because it can be specialized for the balance of mind and soul.

....Wer den Blick auf den Partner richtet, kann sich selber erkennen : Wer sich selbst liebt, der liebt auch den Partner (Eph 5:28)......
...."Wir halten zusammen, mag kommen was will !" Die eheliche Partnerschaft ist wohl das stärkste Teamgebilde überhaupt. Es kann alle Stürme des Lebens überdauern.......
....Eltern durchlaufen eine bedingungslose Liebesschule, falls sie es zulassen. Darum kann in einer Familie eine starke Bindungsfähigkeit gebildet und gefördert werden.......
....Nichts ist so begeisternd und erfüllend wie sein eigenes Kind in das ABC des Lebens einzuführen. Intrinsische Motivation und Freude am Lernen wird mit bedingungsloser Liebe gefördert.......
...."Ich mag dich. Du bist für mich der wichtigste Mensch auf dieser Erde. Ich liebe dich so sehr,"......
....Gerade die Natur, der Makro- wie Mikrokosmos, bringen uns zum Staunen. Was muss das für ein liebender Gott sein, uns in eine so wunderschöne Natur zu stellen. Wer diesen Gedanken eines Schöpfergottes zulassen kann, erhält Zugang zu tiefsinnigen …

Romance means . . .

.... Romantik im Sinne gegenseitiger Wertschätzung ist hochpotenzial .. Romance in the sense of mutual appreciation carries great potential. ....

Romance in the sense of mutual appreciation carries great potential.

So far we have seen:

Romance is giving someone the feeling that he/she is someone special to me.

Here are a few thoughts on what romance is NOT :

  • Romance has nothing to do with candles, roses and sunsets.
  • Romance has nothing to do with gifts, declarations of love or sappy music.
  • Romance is not limited to Valentine’s Day, wedding anniversaries or Christmas.
  • Romance is not so much WHAT we do or don’t do, as WHY !!  
.... Romantisch sein ist eine Begabung, die man entwickeln kann .. Romance is a talent that can be developed ....

Romance is a talent that can be developed

If my motivation for a romantic gesture is based on my feelings and appreciation for the other, then it is good to recognize that. Are my feelings real? Or are they possibly a transference – caused by my own loneliness? In such a case, I might tend to overdo the romance: my actions might be somewhat out of balance, which could cause confusion in the beneficiary. Example: presenting an engagement ring on the second date…

Because we carry romance in our hearts, it can happen in many different places and situations. 

.... Wie wärs einmal mit einem Fotoshooting ? .. How about a photo shoot? ....

How about a photo shoot?

So, if you really want to be romantic, think about what is important to your partner, what his/her needs are and the best way to fill those needs.  The element of surprise will do the rest.

If you get a reaction something like: “WOW, you did that FOR ME?” then you know you hit the bullseye.

Would you like to give it a try? It would be great to hear how it goes ….

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