Inside: Pick something off this list of family-friendly volunteer opportunities to spread kindness and participate in community service projects with your kids. My kids and I were sneaking in some fast food dinner in between karate and scouts. We were meeting my husband and exchanging kids and gear in a parking lot. It was just […]
How the Kindness Elves Can Help You Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Inside: Encourage and spread some kindness this February with these Kindness Elves Valentine’s Day Activities. We are always looking for ways to bring more kindness into our family. Because raising kind kids isn’t a one-time thing. It takes practice, and consistency, and modeling. We talk about kindness with these 60 Kindness Discussion Starters and read […]
How to Encourage Your Kids to Be Kind With Kindness Lunchbox Notes
Inside: Encourage and help your kids remember to be kind at school with these kindness lunchbox notes for kids. Every morning as my kids pile out of my car and we say our goodbyes and our “I love yous,” I remind them to be kind. I remind them to be kind to their friends. To be […]
How to Celebrate Valentine’s Day With 14 days of Kindness Notes for Kids
Inside: These kindness notes for kids are a perfect way to celebrate the 14 days leading up to Valentine’s Day and to help your kids spread kindness to their siblings One of my favorite things as a kid was passing out my cheesy Valentine’s Day cards to my classmates. And I loved collecting their cards too. Superheroes […]
How to Encourage Kids to Be Kind When Kids are Mean to Them
Inside: Teaching our kids to remain kind when others are unkind to them is the hardest part of intentionally raising kind kids. But there are ways we can help our kids to be kind when others are mean to them. It just takes these three tricks. And a lot of repetition. “I’ll be kind when […]