Treat your kids with so much love

 Treat your kids with so much love

That if someone talks down to them
Dismisses them
Hurts them
Or tries to manipulate them

They’ll feel it instantly
Because it won’t feel familiar
It won’t feel like home

They’ll know the difference
Because they were raised in kindness
Corrected with compassion
Held in safety
And spoken to with respect

They won’t confuse love with pain
Or attention with control
Because you showed them better

So love them deeply
Respect them fully
Teach them what warmth and dignity feel like

Because one day they’ll walk into the world
And you won’t be there to protect them
But your love
That foundation
That inner voice
Will be

And it will speak louder than anything else ever could