If I Had My Child Over Again I’d …

[82 words] • Finger paint more and point fingers less.• Do less correcting and more connecting.• Take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes.• Take more hikes and fly more kites.• Stop playing serious and more seriously play.• Run through more fields and gaze at more stars.• Do more hugging and less tugging.• Be firm less often and affirm much more.• Build self-esteem first and the house later.• Teach less about the love of power and more about the power of love. Dianna Loomans (adapted)…