I went visiting teaching the other night and the lady we saw said something that made quite an impact on me. She has young adult and teenage age children and said that we can't wait until they're teenagers to try and talk to them but we have to start when they are very small. If we are always putting them off as kids then they will learn that Mom and/or Dad don't want to listen to me and don't care about what I have to say and they probably won't talk to you when they're older. Even though it may be hard to listen about Pokemon or computer games or whatever it is that doesn't really interest us we NEED to listen to them and establish that relationship. I have always thought it was a good idea to talk with and listen to your kids but I had never thought about it specifically like that. Luckily right now I very much enjoy (well 90% of the time) listening to Hyrum's 3-year old ramblings. Even before I had kids, I knew I wanted to have the kind of relationship with them that they would be comfortable enough to come to me with anything at all and they would know I would listen to them. I am so grateful she shared that with me because it's really changed my perspective on that part of parenting.
On the dental side of life, I got my teeth cleaned by a handsome young dentist yesterday and I was amazed at how clean they looked afterwards! It had been 2 years since they had been professionally cleaned and before that another 2 years so needless to say my teeth really needed it. And at the risk of sounding cheesy I enjoyed being able to look into his eyes for so long because I am rather fond of those eyes :)
