@drbenzz, there's an old saying that goes "children learn what they live", so in light of that, if a child doesn't live with affection it becomes unnatural to them to be in an affectionate environment.
I feel it's very important for parent's to say "I Love You" to their children. Not only does it reinforces the emotion but it also teaches them that it's alright to love.
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Wow ok. This is very good information. I was of the idea that as long as your parents do other things to show they love you you don't really need to here them say it. You just know how much they love you.
While you just know that they love you, for some they just aren't sure since as parents we must sometimes be hard on our children. Children often think of our discipline methods as being mean and not caring which leads them to think we don't love them when it's actually the opposite.
Children at a young age don't realize that we discipline and correct them because we love them. That is something children don't learn til they get older, usually once they become adults. This is part of the reason we must verbalize our love and then they in turn will learn that it's okay to say that they love their parents and others in life as they develop.
Also in religion (as a Christian anyway) we are taught that God want us to love all regardless of their faults. Also 'love' is very natural and can be expressed in many ways and mean many different things to different people.
Yeah I can see that. Love is very important and expressing it is really vital. But sometimes I just feel that actions could speak of your love much more that the actual saying of it. Yup that thought has just been debunked now cause I now realize that despite the effort you make in displaying your affection for someone, it equally important to express it verbally to. Thanks for your imput
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