Building Dreams: Parents as Architects of the Home

Designing Love, Crafting Futures!

As the architect of your home, you lay a strong foundation of values, creating spaces of nurture, growth, and creativity. You shape your children's morals and how they will live.

As Theodore Roosevelt said, “To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”

To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

— Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President

Support, Safety, Stability

Through personal chats and family discussions you create the framework of emotional support. Your children share what they think and feel. They tell you their worries, challenges, and happy moments. You listen. You smile. You hug. They feel safe. They know they're loved.

Values, Traditions, Togetherness

You lay the foundation of your family culture. You model good values. They watch you and absorb what they see. Your seasonal traditions create a solid feeling of togetherness. You build a culture of kindness, gratefulness, hard work, and celebrations.

Growth, Nurture, Potential

You recognize and promote each child's unique strengths. You find opportunities to build on those special gifts. You construct spaces at home to pique their curiosity and explore their interests. Art, reading, journaling, creating things, sports, music, humor, social skills, and more can be encouraged.

Home, Hearth, Hope

You are the architect of your child, your family, and home. Your parental involvement constructs a strong foundation of support, safety, and love. You nourish your child now and in the future.

I invite you to reflect on what you have already done to build your family and imagine pleasant ways of furthering your parenting role.