Better away without losing touch
Author
Milagros García Klibansky
Summary: Being a parent requires finding the right balance between being present and giving space to our children. We must be there for them when they need us, but not suffocate them with our presence. It's important to teach them to rely on a higher power and to leave them a legacy of security when we depart. This will help them become prepared to navigate the world and help others.
It is 5:30 am, I get up quickly because my son's breakfast depends on me, I know he is not a baby, but for me the age is relative, at 20 years old, my baby has to go for a course and his mother guarantees that it will be served.
6:00 a.m., I wake him up, -Nina, a little more, come, lie down with me. With what pleasure I throw myself for a few more minutes!, But not to sleep, I try to accommodate myself so that I can caress his head, but, I cannot so close to him, I must move away so that my hand rests comfortably and can be pleasing to my son the gesture of love that I give him.
He dozes, I think. I can't be so far away from him that I lose touch and not realize what's going on in his life. I cannot be so close that my love, instead of being pleasant, is a hindrance.
It is so with our children. The distance must be well measured, we cannot be so busy in the business of life that we do not realize when we must intervene, it has nothing to do with age, even old, if we are present, they will come to us before every test that God allow them to pass, that is, if we have taught them that we are the rock placed by God on this earth so that they can hold onto and if we are no longer there, we must make it clear that they have an Eternal Rock to cling to, therefore, our departure must to pre-arrange with God, so that we do not leave our children helpless, but with a legacy of security, with the company of the supreme King that is much better than ours.
The distance prevents us from suffocating them, we cannot be loitering in their life, because, if we remember well, when they roamed in ours, we raised an impenetrable fortress, we did not want intruders, what makes us think that our children are going to be different?
We must be prudent, they will thank us, because in the end we will leave beings in this world prepared to prepare others and in the end, if we achieve balance and our children see in us what God expects, we will meet in that place that He has prepared. for those who love it. Until then, not so far that we lose touch, not so close that we make them wish to lose it.