DAY 14: COMPOSE A POEM FOR YOUR CHILD

14 DAYS OF TIPS FOR DEMONSTRATING LOVE TO YOUR CHILD
DAY 14: COMPOSE A POEM FOR YOUR CHILD – Compose a poem about your child or describing how much you love her. Print if off on special preprinted paper with a border that can be purchased at office supply stores. Frame it and hang it on your child’s bedroom wall. You could even include the child’s picture or her foot or handprints if you had them done earlier. Sign it and read it to her nightly.

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