![]() ![]() I needed him to feel empathy and compassion. I made an inventory of things I wanted to see in him. He needed to understand that he was loveable before he could accept love. It was then that I knew that I needed a plan. In a matter of minutes Frank had emptied out the contents of an entire dresser and a bookcase into the hallway in front of his room.įrank stood hands on his hips waiting for my reaction. The next day I sent Frank to his room for a short time out. I love you when you are good and I love you when you are bad!” So, I am going to walk down the road and look for a new family.” “Where do you think you are going?” I asked him. Ethan picked up the fish and ran to our canal in a futile attempt to save their lives.Ī few minutes later I found Frank heading down my driveway, his backpack and Spider man suitcase in tow. Glass and dying, flopping fish were scattered across my floor. Frank had somehow broken my 16-year-old son’s fish tank. On the second day of my new foster son’s arrival, I woke to the sound of screams. I had fallen in love with him the very minute that I laid eyes on him. His skin was the color of milk chocolate. He was a little bit of a boy, with curly black hair and large brown eyes. The little boy in front of me did not smile. He was too spirited of a child for her and her mother to take care of, she had explained to me over the phone. His former foster mother was dropping him off. ![]() The first time I saw Frank, my new foster son, was at the Loxahatchee Feed Store. I thought that unconditional love came easily for me.īut that was before I opened my home to my little four-year-old foster son, who came to me kicking, screaming and daring me to love him. I thought that I had mastered the art of teaching my children compassion, empathy and the love of family. It is easy to say that we love our children when they are being good.įiguring out how to love unconditionally when kids are being really difficult is quite another. So we’ve all heard parenting experts tell us that the one thing children need most to grow and thrive is unconditional love from their parents. ![]()
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