Inside: Gift the kids in your life with these sibling gifts to build up their relationship and encourage them to spend more time together enjoying each other. We want to raise kind kids. It’s so important to us it’s one of our only two family rules. And one of the crucial parts of raising kind […]
Family Volunteer Challenge for November
Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for November by gathering items for “blessing bags” to donate them to people who need them. About a year ago, my family spent a night in a motel to get away for a weekend. My son and I took a short walk to McDonalds […]
How to Make Sibling Bracelets to Raise Kind Siblings
Inside: To curb sibling rivalry, we can encourage our kids to make these sibling bracelets together and curb the bickering and fighting. A few years ago, we were at an event with a bunch of families and I met a new family that had three sisters. These girls were all similar in age to my […]
How to Use Kindness Bookmarks to Encourage Kindness
Inside: Use these kindness bookmarks to encourage kids to remember to be kind even when they’re reading books with unkind characters. In our house, there are books stacked in every room in our house…bedrooms, the kitchen and the bathroom. We have books stashed in the car and books piled haphazardly in our several bookcases. And […]
Family Volunteer Challenge for October
Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for October by gathering warm winter coats and donating them to kids who need them. My kids grow like weeds. So keeping them in clothes that fit them is always a tricky, expensive endeavor. But we are lucky that so many friends have given […]