Simple Ways to Show Your Kids You Love Them -- 3

Let Them Help You

If your children want to help you with the housework or in the kitchen, let them. Include them in your every day tasks and be sure to thank them for their efforts. Yes, you can probably accomplish things faster without their help but faster isn’t the goal
Slow down, be patient, and don’t worry about things being done perfectly
.let them help you fold the laundry
. prepare meals together
. my kids love to sweep the floor
. shovel snow, rake leaves, weed the garden together

Talk and share as you go about your tasks. Take advantage of these mundane chores and let them become opportunities to make memories. I have vivid mental images of laundry day growing up – from sorting the clothes with my mother to hanging them on the clothesline to dry
Every time I hang my own children’s clothing I think of my Mother