{"id":792,"date":"2012-03-16T01:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/twelve-terrific-times-to-talk-6-penny-for-your-thoughts-letting-your-kids-know-that-you-want-to-communicate-with-them\/"},"modified":"2015-07-25T16:56:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T20:56:54","slug":"twelve-terrific-times-to-talk-6-penny-for-your-thoughts-letting-your-kids-know-that-you-want-to-communicate-with-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/twelve-terrific-times-to-talk-6-penny-for-your-thoughts-letting-your-kids-know-that-you-want-to-communicate-with-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Terrific Times to Talk–#6: Penny for Your Thoughts—Letting Your Kids Know That You Want to Communicate With Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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#6: Penny for Your Thoughts, A Nickel for a Hug, and a Dime If You Tell Me That You Love Me<\/span><\/p>\n

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We have talked at length over the past year and a half about communicating with our kids. And how communication is a strong form of “teaching when…” The ditty above is a little chant that we used to say to our kids to remind them that we want to talk to them, that they are valuable to us, that we love them “ten million times infinity and beyond.” From this saying, a valuable \u201cobject lesson\u201d developed and tied the heartstrings of my son and me in a special way some ten to twenty years ago.<\/p>\n

The rest of that jingle (after the infamous “penny for your thoughts”) goes on to offer not only a penny for what the person is thinking, but also a nickel for a hug and ten cents if he or she says \u201cI love you.\u201d <\/p>\n

Sixteen cents\u2026 a meager amount of change that elicits warm feelings (and, I admit, a few tears of longing) as I write this. Our oldest son and I used to take the \u201cpenny for your thoughts\u201d a little further when he was a little boy\u2014and repeat the rest of the jingle to each other, complete with a big hug and special \u201cI love you.\u201d <\/p>\n

As Joshua grew up, we would occasionally remind each other of how much we love to talk\u2014and how much we care for each other by giving each other sixteen cents. When he was in high school and worked part time, I would wake up in the morning to find him off to work\u2014with a penny, a nickel, and a dime lying on my desk. When he would open his lunch box, he would sometimes find sixteen cents taped to the inside of his pail. Not enough money to buy lunch, for sure, but enough money to know that Mom will be waiting on him ready to talk when he gets home from work.<\/p>\n

What objects might have special meaning to you and your child? Is there a special item that you can attach unique meaning to for one or more of your children? Is there a trinket, heart, words to a song, picture of the two of you, favorite picture book, etc. that can be utilized as an object \u201cjust for the two of you\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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