# @fatherlymind on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIeGyxUuNOG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59735030-fatherlymind-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-15T14:36:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Luís Bevictori (@fatherlymind) — https://gondola.cc/fatherlymind

## Caption

Psychologist Steve Biddulph says just five minutes a day is all it takes to build emotional closeness with your child.

Not five minutes of giving orders.
Not five minutes with your phone in hand.
But five real minutes of undivided attention.

Sit on the floor.
Enter their world.
Let them lead the game.
Let them tell a story that makes no sense.
Just be there.

Because this is how children learn they matter.
Not through perfection.
Through presence.

One moment of connection a day builds trust for a lifetime.

Sometimes, all they need…
is for us to sit beside the storm.

Ravi slammed the door.
His mom could’ve rushed him.
But instead, she sat on the bed—and waited.

No fixing.
No judgment.
Just presence.

And when she gently asked,
“Where do you feel it in your body?”
He said,
A big knot in my tummy.

She didn’t touch it.
She didn’t distract him.
She waited again.

And when he was ready,
he whispered:
“I’m remembering when we went ice skating. Holding hands.”

Some griefs we can’t remove.
But we can share the silence.
We can witness the moment.
We can be there.

And sometimes, that’s more healing than words.

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Tag a father who needs to hear this.

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