Inside: How parents and teachers can teach kids the difference between tattling vs. telling and why they need to know the difference. When I was young, I worked at a florist for a boss who would often leave me to go to a bar for lunch. One day as we closed up, she got in […]
How to Help Kids Be More Thoughtful and Considerate
Inside: Help your kids be more thoughtful and considerate by using these two strategies to help kids be less self-centered. It will allow them to be kind, and avoid intentionally and unintentionally hurt people’s feelings. I took one of my kids out to get a special treat on a date. It was one of our […]
Why Our Kids Don’t Need to Be Nice
Inside: Our kids don’t need to be nice. But they do need to be something else: kind. Click here to learn the difference between nice and kind and how you can raise kinder kids. The other day, my mom was in line at Target chatting on the phone with me while she waited to check […]
How to Encourage Kindness with this Coloring Kindness Bookmark
Use this kindness bookmark your kids can color in to encourage kindness and remind them to be kind, even when they’re reading books. As a credentialed teacher, I’m always looking for ways to encourage my own kids to read books, so they continue to be in love with reading. Reading books opens up new worlds, […]
How to Prevent Bullying in the Classroom
Inside: Teachers can prevent bullying in the classroom with these 15 tips all educators must know so they can stop bullying and protect students. When my daughter was in the fourth grade, she was the victim of bullying. Students were bullying her on the playground and during PE and in the lunchroom. These students then […]