Always be available to your kids. Because if you say, 'Give me five minutes, give me ten minutes,' it'll be 15, it'll be 20. And then when you get there, the shine will have worn off whatever it is they wanted to share with you.
Interpretation
Prioritize your time with your children to fully engage in their moments.
This quote emphasizes the importance of being present and available for your children when they seek your attention. Delaying engagement, even for a short time, can lead to missed opportunities to bond and connect as their excitement and interest may diminish in your absence.
In practice
During a family gathering when discussing the importance of being present for children.
I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.
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There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
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I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
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I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Do you light up when your kids are coming in the room or do you become the instant critic?
When I chose to leave a career as a young lawyer in Washington to move to Arkansas to marry Bill and start a family, my friends asked, 'Are you out of your mind?'
One time, I went to school, and they asked us all to find out where our roots were. It's goin' around the class, and the kids were going, 'I'm Swedish-German' or 'I'm English-Irish.' They got to me and I said, 'Pure Kentuckian.'
Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation.
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