Today, most parents need to come to terms with being separated (by working outside their home country) while longing for connection with their loved ones. They are synthesizing the best possible efforts and ideas to provide food, shelter, education, and love for their children.
Time will always test your flexibility. Wise decisions will make a difference in their lives. Your choice of work comes with great responsibilities and great privileges, which sometimes distances you from your loved ones. Working abroad is seeking greener pastures, and you boldly adapt to the new conditions of the new place. Living outside of your home country is difficult to accept, and being separated from loved ones is psychologically upsetting not only for parents, but especially for a child. However, be thankful that you now live in the computer age and everything is just a click away to send messages and video calls, and enjoy the pleasure of chatting while doing other tasks. Outside of your home, iPhone 3GS will bridge that gap. However, have you wondered how spending quality time with your child can ease the loneliness he experiences while you’re gone? How to build that close personal relationship between a parent and child in long-distance communication is through personal experience that could improve over time.
Availability. It is important that you allow your child to feel your presence most of the time. It is your daily task to video call him and ask him what happened during the day. Your child will be able to build trust and confidence to express her feelings. By asking, your child could explore a willingness to think rationally. Your presence can mean so much to him that he can be proud to tell other children about it.
Display. The power of your mind puts you in control, so your child will open his awareness to the things communicated. Online storytelling would be a lot of fun to allow you to share what you understand about the story which would eventually spark an open dialogue between a parent and child. Let your child share his candid story, too, and praise his wonderful storytelling. You are helping your child communicate and share her feelings. In visualization, it helps to prolong the conversation, making it more exciting for your child to create their own story from her visual perception. Listening on your behalf is a great role as a parent.
Make fun. Spice things up when you make an online call to your child. A child will never be without a bedtime game plan, and he wants to capture every bit of it for the ultimate joy. If he wants to pretend to be a superhero, let him feel the excitement. If he insists on typing his name on the computer, just let him do it and praise the job done by sending him some smileys like a star, smiley face or heart. There are web cameras to animate your video image into animation where your child could start a fairy talk. Take an interest in making your child’s world more exciting and fun.
Turn and invite. Using your webcam or mobile phone, you can walk around your house and let him see your bedroom, TV, cabinet and other things, so he knows that you are living well too. You can also show him the photos you bring and keep all the time, and tell him how much you loved and treasured them. It is more fascinating if you promise that you will get it and that you will live with you.
Saying goodbye. The sad part of the conversation is the parting moment. Let your child feel that you are not being separated, but just because of a bedtime routine and need for rest, a full bedtime story reading would complete your child’s night, and before signing out, Extend your arms, as if you are reaching for your child for a hug. Forming your hands into the shape of a heart is an additional way to say goodbye. The last thing, tell him that you love him, and always make sure that you will see him again.
