Today, I was reminded of a remark I would often hear from my parents (mostly when I was in trouble). 

"I can show you better than I can tell you!"

Did you ever get threatened with that one? Technically, it was one of the old standbys that parents would use to help you get whatever point they were trying to drive home. Trust me, you didn't want to get to that point though!

But let's take a different spin on it. It's a known fact that our children absorb more of what we do than what we say. So in essence, yes, we CAN show them better than we can tell them. That being said, it would be wise to examine just what, exactly, we're showing them. 

Are we showing them rudeness and impatience as they're watching us drive around town, or are we showing them restraint and patience? Are we showing them how to be profane and rude when they overhear our phone conversations, or are we demonstrating courtesy and kindness? Get the picture?

I guest today all I really want do is prompt all of us to be more mindful about the indirect messages we are sending to our kids than what we say to them directly. Believe it or not, they are very good at detecting what's fake about adults. So, the kind of life habits we at least try to exercise before them will go further to support our words than anything else will.

Keep putting the LOVE back into learning!