About 20 years ago, I picked up Gary Chapman’s book The Five Love Languages of Children (his original concept was aimed at marriage relationships; and he later adapted it to work relationships with The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace). It was a very helpful resource, as we considered the different ways to show love to our daughter (4 year-old Katy) and son (2 year-old Cody).
Mothers are especially attuned to showing love to their children, and Jennifer has always been very good at loving each of our kids individually.
As Chapman puts it, “Of all the ways we can miscommunicate our intentions, perhaps the way that has the greatest potential for harm is to not properly communicate our love to our children.”
Chapman’s co-author, Dr. Ross Campbell, said, “The emphasis I particularly liked in Gary’s book was that each of us has a primary love language. There are wonderful applications of this for children, because each child has his or her own way of giving and receiving love.”
Click here to learn The Five Love Languages of Children
