Valentine’s Day Tradition

Family traditions are a great way to build family unity, create life-long memories and create a sense of heritage and family beliefs for our kids to pass on to their kids someday.

‘The more you love your children, the more they learn to love others.’

A.D. Williams

Years ago, we started a Valentine’s Day tradition in our house. In an effort to try to fill our kids heads and hearts with positive affirmation, we started a Valentines Day countdown. Beginning on Feb. 1st and ending on Feb. 14th, they get a ‘valentine’ representing one thing their dad and I love about them.

We are intentional and specific in acknowledging things about them that we love. Things that require their effort or that they have control over.

We choose to not include things like, you’re beautiful, you’re smart, you’re the fastest athlete. While these things may be true, they can also change. It is important that our kids not define their self-worth or value from things they cannot control.

Typically I purchase pre-cut heart shapes from the Target dollar spot, Michaels or the Dollar Tree. We sharpie on one thing and just tape it to their door. There has been more than one year where it has been requested that we remove them from the door and hole punch them for the kids to stow away and look back on whenever they wanted. (The middle school years are a great time to put tangible reminders in our kids hands of how much and why we love them.)

Think about what you love about your kid(s) and jump in to create a new family tradition this year. (It is not too late, even if it is past February 1st.

In case you prefer to print your own hearts, I am attaching a free resource that you can download below.