6 Powerful Ways To Make Your Kids Feel Loved

4. Provide guidance, not advice

I understand people may disagree or have a different interpretation, but here’s what I mean. As a teenager and young adult, I didn’t need advice as much as I needed (and desired) guidance. The difference? Advice tends to be impersonal and one-off; you should or shouldn’t do this. Guidance implies a personal relationship and desire to see the other person through good times and bad. As young men, we really feel loved when our parents take significant interest to help us navigate the waters of life as someone who’s gone before and knows the way.