My daughter (now 13 months old) , after all the love & attention we’ve been giving her, has now started to particularly enjoy giving a little back. Yesterday, after bathtime and triumphantly escaping our clutches to try to put a diaper on her, she began running all around the house, cracking up and completely nude. 
When I came over to her, she just ran up and gave me a kiss and a big hug, saying, “Da-deeeeeee!”
It’s enough cuteness to just melt your brain.
In closing the chapter in The Way to Happiness entitled Love and Help Children, L. Ron Hubbard said,
“What does have a workability is simply to try to be the child’s friend. It is certainly true that a child needs friends. Try to find out what a child’s problem really is and, without crushing their own solutions, try to help solve them. Observe them – and this applies even to babies. Listen to what children tell you about their lives. Let them help – if you don’t, they become overwhelmed with a sense of obligation which they then must repress.
“A child factually does not do well without love. Most children have an abundance of it to return.” — LRH
Awesome, actually, to start to see it being returned so early!
Based in the Washington, D.C. Metro area, Tad Reeves is a Linux system administrator, mountain biker, husband, father of two, and lifelong Scientologist. He's written hundreds of articles on the subject of Scientology as it relates to parenting and family, as well as various commentary on the Scientology religion.
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Wow – what a great picture and story! She is so adorable! And an awesome quote to go along with it!
This is so adorable! It is amazing how much love a child gives back. The kisses and hugs can be endless.
I’m hoping so!