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Our Children's Eyes Speak

٣١ مايو ٢٠١٦
Our Children's Eyes Speak

At an early age, our children's eyes speak what their tongues cannot express. Your son, your daughter, will not need a training course to know how to read their eyes, for they are yours, and there is a natural connection between your souls. All you need is to care for them and remember that they are a trust in your hands, and you will then read much in their eyes and understand them. If you respond to the messages in their eyes and do not ignore them, you will rest and they will rest:

1. You are preoccupied with your mobile or computer for a long time, sometimes laughing, sometimes smiling... He comes and looks at the screen and asks you "boring" questions about what you are following, looking at you trying to pull your eyes slightly away from the screen to tell you with his eyes: (Your device is not more important than me! Include me with you in what you are following to build my culture and I will become like you, and do not be selfish)!

2. You did not understand the message in his eyes or ignored it, so he acted provocatively... You look at him angrily, so his eyes tell you: (I know this will provoke you, but I wanted to draw your attention to care for me, and I believe this is my right)!

3. You did not understand his eyes and you told him: (I do not love you), so his eyes tell you with their broken hearts: (But this is not your right! I am your son, consider me, punish me if you wish, but do not hate me. Your love for me is my hope and your positive view of myself).

4. You punished him excessively as an avenger and not as an educator... He cried... You felt the mistake and came to appease him and explain his mistake... He turns his face away from you because his eyes do not want to talk to you, for you have disappointed their hope in your affection and fatherhood!

5. Your daughter has grown a little, and you see her pampering her younger sister, so she inserts herself with her and says to you with her eyes: (Daddy, I am also still a child, I need you to embrace me to your chest and accept me as my sister needs).

6. You did not understand the message, so she deliberately provokes her sister. You punish her, so her eyes tell you: (I was wondering anxiously if you love me as much as my sister for your distinction in dealing with me, so I did this act intentionally. Now I see your severity in dealing with me forgetting your affection. The question has been answered, thank you!)

7. His features are not as beautiful as his brothers, so his eyes tell you: (This is not in my hands, please Mom show me sincere love as you love them to strengthen my view of myself).

8. He overpowers you in his studies due to his negligence and laziness, so you get tired of him and end his lesson with nervousness. He comes "pretending" with any fabricated reason and his eyes tell you: (Daddy, please, separate the matters from each other. No matter how much you overpower and slack, you have the right to the minimum of love from me. Without it, you will lose me, not just my studies)!

9. You speak in front of your daughter with nervousness. Her smile disappears and her little heart races and her eyes tell you: (Please! You are making me lose the feeling of safety! Reconcile. Your affection for each other is the pillow on which I sleep). 10. He grew up and became a young man. You ordered him to do something and he did not obey you... The argument intensified between you... He replied to you in a harsh voice (I do not want, I am free)... You got angry and looked at him sharply and he looked at you likewise. His eyes tell you: (It has become more controlling than before, smile, O father, to tell you his secret)... You smile... His features change and his eyes escape from his control and tell you: (Do not believe his tongue! We are more truthful than him... Your son, even if his size grows, is still a child inside... Hug him and do not let him escape, and the problem will end)!

11. You ignored the many messages of your son's eyes, so he turns his gaze away from you when you speak to him. You shout saying: (It is polite to look AT me when I speak to you) and he looks at you and his eyes tell you: (Was it not also polite to understand us as we speak to you all these years instead of ignoring us?! Sorry, but we are tired of speaking so we are ignored). Brothers, sisters, read their eyes before we reach this last word! Read them from the beginning and they will tell you then: (Daddy, Mommy, I cannot express as you can, but you understood my eyes because you love me and care for me, so I say to you with them also: Thank you for you)!