Inside: Help kids speak with kindness and give compliments with these compliment cards printable cards. My youngest is amazing at noticing amazing things about other people. She notices new haircuts, new shoes, and really pretty ladies who pass us in the store. And then she whispers the compliment to me. She didn’t quite have the […]
How to Not Go Crazy With Your Kids Home This Summer
Inside: Are your kids home this summer? We do these 6 things every day during the summer so I don’t go crazy and I can enjoy the summer days as much as my kids and so I don’t wish away their summer. But, I’m bored… Excuse me, but what? It’s 8 am. How can you […]
Family Volunteer Challenge for June
Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for June by helping to clean up and beautify your neighborhood and community. I grew up in a scouting family. My mom was my Girl Scout leader for a decade and one of the things she repeated to us all often was one of […]
How to Connect with Your Kids in Under 5 Minutes
Inside: Use these 13 ideas to connect with kids in meaningful ways in under 5 minutes. “Don’t pick your nose at the dinner table. “No, you can’t run naked in the front yard.” “Dancing on the table is not ladylike.” It’s easy to get caught up in the minutia of everyday parenting moments. The structure […]
5 Most Common Mistakes Educators Make When Teaching Kind Kids
Inside: These are the 5 most common mistakes educators make when teaching kids to be kind and more importantly, quick fix solutions. We all have that one magical year, and if we’re lucky more than one magical year, where we have the “perfect” class. For me, it was my second year of teaching, twenty years […]