{"id":70677,"date":"2024-03-18T16:53:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=70677"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:03:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T05:03:32","slug":"theres-no-truer-love-than-that-we-feel-for-our-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/theres-no-truer-love-than-that-we-feel-for-our-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s No Truer Love Than That We Feel for Our Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our children are our truest soulmates.\n
It sounds weird to say that our kids are our soulmates, because like love at first sight, we often think of the phrase in romantic terms. However, while I was trying to think of a way to explain what I mean by that, I came across a quote from a clinical psychologist that says it all.\n
No one and nothing can challenge us, transcend us, and completely change how we see the world more than our children. Parenting changes us on a deep level that even our truest romantic love can\u2019t reach. It alters us down to the core and teaches us what pure unconditional love really means. Let\u2019s talk about that last statement a bit more.\n
Parenting teaches us what pure unconditional love really means\n
Unconditional love, in the simplest terms, means love that we give freely without any strings. As much as we want to feel that for others in our lives \u2013 our spouses, our parents, our even our best friends-let\u2019s be honest; there are always strings attached to those relationships. We my not even realize it until those strings are tugged, but they exist.\n
With our kids, though, there\u2019s absolutely nothing they can do that will make us stop loving them. Nothing. Yes, we can get angry with them. Sometimes, we may even be so angry that we can\u2019t even look at or speak to them. We still love them, though, no matter what. We\u2019re still there for them when they need us.\n
Did you know that this deep unconditional love we have for our kids actually has scientifically studied benefits for both parents and children? In a 2009 study, researchers discovered that feeling unconditional love for another activates the brain\u2019s \u201creward system\u201d and creates positive feelings.\n
You can love your child at first sight without even knowing it!\n
For some, the intense bond and feeling of unconditional love kicks in the moment we lay eyes on our kids. Like I said earlier, we see them, and we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this little being is exactly what we\u2019ve waited for our entire lives.\n
For others, though, there isn\u2019t that \u201cclick.\u201d I want to tell you that it\u2019s okay to feel that way. That it doesn\u2019t make you a bad parent. It doesn\u2019t mean that you don\u2019t unconditionally love your child just as much as others love theirs. It just means that the hormones and your exhaustion are blocking you from feeling that true and deep love right away.\n
Maybe it\u2019ll take a few hours. Maybe it\u2019ll take days. Weeks, even. But one day soon, you\u2019ll look at your child and it\u2019ll come flooding in. You\u2019ll not only feel it in the moment, but you\u2019ll know that it\u2019s been there from the start.\n
Love comes in so many forms. Romantic, friendship, familial (for our parents and siblings). But there really is no truer love than that we feel for our kids. Don\u2019t you agree?\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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