14 Money Free Ways to Show Your Teens You Love Them

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The Beatles were on to something when they sang “Money Can’t Buy Me Love”, but that doesn’t people from using it as a way into the heart of their loved ones. You don’t want to find yourself being the parent who’s constantly spending as a way into their child’s heart, but all too often, this is the case. Money and monetary gifts are used as substitutions for quality time. I know. The man whose name appears on my birth certificate attempted those tactics with me when I was much younger and by the time I aged to knowing better, I had no interest in his money or his time. Money free love has always been far more important to me.

Coming from what society deems a “broken” home, my greatest wish has always been C and V feel showered with love from both their father and myself, but sometimes it can be hard to tell once the teen years are reached and you start encountering mood swings more than anything else.

I sat down and asked the kids what are some ways they feel loved that don’t involve money and was surprised at how simplistically sweet the answers were.

When you make homecooked meals

When we play games together

When we draw pictures together

When we go to the park

When we go places like the beach and museums 

When we cook together

When we share our day together

When you’re happier to see me more than anyone else

When you say you missed me

When we watch movies together during family movie night

When I make you laugh

When we do makeovers 

When we have our book club

Saying I love you

Some of these things we’ve done since they were toddlers and others we adopted into our routine as they got older. Some of these things we haven’t done in ages because I thought they had been outgrown, but now I know to incorporate them back in. Some we still do monthly, others weekly, and I love you is said several times a day. While it was placed last on the list, and the actions that preceded it helped them feel loved, the words reminded them.

What are some ways you practice money free love with your teens?

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  1. 14 February 2018 / 1:34 pm

    Awww love this post, don’t have a teen yet, have a toddler and a baby. It’s so easy to get carried away with life and forget to appreciate the little things.

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