Take time to LOOK and LISTEN.
Give each of your kids a little one-on-one time each day. I know that life is busy. I get it that you are already feeling like you are being pulled in ten different directions at once all day long. But all people need validation and empathy. If we don’t take the time to truly see our children and give them a sense of their value to us, they may lose themselves (in video games, drugs, friends’ families…).
Kids need a message that says: I see you. I like you as you are. I can list the ways that you are uniquely awesome. I like to be with you. I appreciate you.