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Too bad it takes this to get parents to take time out to not only hug their children, but to tell them that they love them.
Personally, from the day I brought mine home from the hospital, until the day they moved out I told them that I love them. To this day, not a telephone call ends without my telling them that, and I never part company without giving them a hug and telling them I love them. It is the one piece of advice I give every new parent. I know I have been blessed with extraordinary children, and I can't help but think that the reassurance that they were indeed loved contributed to this.
Just the other night I was visiting with my son while he was with two of his firefighter co-workers and when I left we both hugged and said, "I love you."
He will call while driving his fire truck around, with his co-workers within earshot, and there is no embarrassment on his part when he signs off by telling his dad that he loves him.
They are never too young or too old to hear it. And I can assure you, as a father, there is nothing better than hearing your adult children respond in kind.
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