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Your child will remember how you made them feel.

אילנה כהנא, הדרכת הורים | אימון אישי
5 days ago

This song, which I first heard performed by the talented Ohad Shragai on the show "Kochav Nolad," tightened my stomach.


I think everyone finds something in this song.


The child they once were, the parent they are, their own child, or some child they know who has experienced a similar situation.


As parents, we don’t really know if we’re there enough.


If we show enough love, express pride, give enough hugs.


Amid the race of time, making a living, managing the household, personal aspirations,


and all the other circles of life, we don’t always know how our child feels about our parenting.


How they perceive us as human beings.


And then comes an age when something shifts—adolescence changes our children’s perception of us.


They examine us with different eyes. Sometimes there’s criticism and difficult feelings.


Sometimes, if we’re lucky, there’s love, respect, appreciation, and gratitude.


A child doesn’t remember what you did for them; they remember how you made them feel.

Check how you make your child feel.


It will come back to you on that day when they grow up and look at you with mature eyes.



Hey / Ilai Botner


And you didn’t have big dreams


Only fear


Only failures upon failures


And a house about to fall


A house about to fall


And you remember your childhood and what was there


The pain, the humiliations


It’s like dying and continuing to live


Like dying and continuing to live




Hey


There’s a child who needs you at home


To dream and close their eyes


And a mother who watches over only them


Hey


You never said if you’re proud of me


Another song hides what I never had


Hold my hand




Don’t leave




And to paint the court, to find a bicycle


To ride to the road in the rain


To see if you’ve already come back to me


When will you come back to me?


What are you keeping inside your stomach?


Only memories upon memories




And a house about to collapse


A house about to collapse




Hey


There’s a child who needs you at home


To dream and close their eyes


And a mother who watches over only them


Hey


You never said if you’re proud of me




Another song hides what I never had


Hold my hand


Don’t leave




Hey


There’s a child who needs you at home


To dream and close their eyes


And a mother who watches over only them


Hey


You never said if you’re proud of me


Another song hides what I never had


Hold my hand


Don’t leave


*********



Ilana Cahana



 

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