Fatherhood Resource
Intentional Moments

When traveling, make it a habit to send a postcard home to your children. A simple note saying, "I love you, from . . . " can make a large impact!

Weekly and/or more by choice, actively ask your children to state positive things about themselves and areas they feel they can get better at. Allowing build of confidence in their positive attributes. It can also circle back to daily-weekly lessons learned from events that occurred.

Instead of surface level talk, have meaningful conversations with your child! Table Topics is the #1 best-selling conversation starter.

With a Mason Jar and notepad, document proud moments in your kids life. Fill the jar up throughout the year and read through them together on New Year's Day!

Create a calm, nightly calm down process to allow their energy to release and give them time to wind themselves down. Closer to bed, reduce screen time to decrease neurological stimulation. Read to them, tell them a story, cuddle with them. Allow slow but structured wind downs into; lights off, music and night light on.

Be intentional in learning who your child is through an online personality test. Take the same one and be open about who you are while better understanding them!

It is the end of the day, just before they are getting ready to power down for a much needed 10-12 hours of hard earned sleep. There are times in the day getting your child to complete a full sentence will not happen. Use this quiet calm time to gain insight into your child's day.

Create an email account for your child. Not for them to use, but for you to send them messages, memories, thoughts, or notes throughout their life. Then, when you are ready, give them the email and password!

It is a fun way to gain a picture of your child in as many ways as you want. Ask questions of their favorite movie, book, song, color, animal, clothes, games etcetera. It is interesting to compare answers over time-age as they grow and experience more of life. There are specific templates to log these answers if you want to come back to their answers over time.