Inside: Use this classic game to encourage kindness in your kids and they’ll be trying to get three in a row. The other day was my best friend’s son’s 12th birthday. My daughter has been friends with him since they were 4 years old in preschool together. They used to play both in and out […]
How to Encourage Kindness With This 100 Acts of Kindness for Kids
Inside: Spread Kindness and encourage kindness with this 100 Acts of Kindness for Kids Challenge. I was sitting in the living room and I heard the most magical thing ever. I heard my eldest daughter ask my youngest daughter: “I’m cutting apples. Do you want some?” Holy cow. Unsolicited kindness from one of my kids […]
The Best Family-Friendly Volunteer Opportunities
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 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 […]
How to Encourage and Celebrate Kindness
Inside: Encourage and Celebrate Kindness in your kids with these kindness elves and caught being kind cards. My kids love fairies, elves and all magical creatures, large and small. The tooth fairy comes to our house. The Back to School Fairies bring school supplies every fall. And we believe in the man wearing the big […]