5. Give Your Children Encouragement.

Encouraging words are powerful emotional deposits of confidence and self-esteem. Verbally acknowledge your children's special talents and accomplishments. Catch your children doing something great, and tell them what a great job they have done.

Children need to know that we recognize and support their hopes and dreams for future. Encouraging children to grow mentally, emotionally, and spiritually provides foundation for living a balanced life.

6. Share Your Experiences with Your Children.

We each have valuable stories to tell, unique maps of our journey through life. These stories tell how our reactions to events created life we are living now. Sharing benefit of your experiences — roadblocks and rewards — is a very loving way to guide your children.

Your children may face many of situations you faced. Your experiences can help them make informed decisions and avoid unnecessary mistakes. Among most worthwhile possessions that we can someday leave for our children are journals filled with stories that shaped our lives.

7. Love and Support Your Children Unconditionally.

Love is an unconditional gift from heart; it is not a reward for good behavior. Let your children know that you will love and support them in any situation. This message creates a sturdy bond of trust. Your children will grow to feel safe in coming to you with any problem they face.

Children need freedom to make decisions, try new things, and learn that life requires personal responsibility and persistence. They need freedom to fail and learn from mistakes without being judged. Unconditional love helps them to acquire decisiveness and resiliency required to become successful.

If you could sum up all of our children's needs, hopes, and expectations in one word, that word would be love. We share love when we play a central role in our children's world of learning and discovery. Our legacy of love will have a guiding influence upon our children and grandchildren for many generations.

• Diet: avoid a diet high in additives, processed food and sugar. To help balance acid/alkaline levels, eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, preferably organically grown.
• Combat stress by every means possible: meditation, deep breathing; boost your self-esteem; and sort out any relationship problems.
• Get plenty of sleep to help your body recuperate.
• Exercise: go to a gym, fitness classes, or get an exercise video for home. Exercise will eliminate toxins through sweating, and it will help you to loose weight if that is a problem.
• Take a holiday, and try to time it so that you ovulate in last few days of holiday when you are most relaxed.

The best gardeners take care to keep their soil in top condition to give their seeds best chance of propagating, do same with your body!