One of the hardest parts of raising kind kids is helping them learn how to pause their play, look up and notice that others may be sitting by themselves or don’t have a partner yet or want to play but don’t know how to join in.

We can teach our kids to be includers, or welcomers and to be more mindful of others with these simple techniques.

And as an added bonus, teaching your kids these tips and tricks will help bully-proof your child and other children around them.

This also includes resources you’ll need to make teaching your kids how to be includers even easier.

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One of the trickiest parts of raising kind kids is helping them be kind to their siblings.

First, our kids won’t be kind to their siblings if they don’t like them.  This ebook provides simple ideas to help siblings connect so they want to be kind to each other.

But then, even if our kids do like their siblings and feel connected to them, siblings can still be nasty, mean and belittling. You will learn ways to both encourage and celebrate kindness in your family AND learn the 13 things to ban to create a kinder culture in your family and home.

And one of the hardest things to teach our kids is they can be mad at their siblings without being mean and without retaliating. But to teach that, we need to help our children realize the why behind kindness. We tell our kids they need to be kind. But we rarely tell them the why. Why should they be kind? Once they really know that, our kids will be kind to their siblings (and to other people) more often.

And over time, kindness will become our kids’ knee jerk, normal reaction to life’s situations.

To help encourage more kindness between siblings, this 50+ page digital ebook also includes:

• step by step ideas on how to raise kind siblings
• simple explanations of why we should be kind so you can explain it to your children
• two versions of a month-long Sibling Challenge is included (one for older siblings and one for younger siblings)
• two printable posters
• sibling book craft step by step directions
• ways to help siblings and families connect so they want to be kind to each other
• list of family kindness challenges to keep the kindness going year round

Will this be a magic solution that works overnight? Nope. Because teaching our kids to be kind takes time. Repetition. And relentless reminders.

But this will give you the tools and ideas you need to make it happen.

And siblings will continue to bicker and push each other’s buttons, BUT real, genuine kind words and kind actions will start to happen more often without prompts, and without reminders.

Which will make your home a calmer, more peaceful and more loving place to be.

And for every ebook purchased, we will donate 10 meals to No Kid Hungry. Raising kinder siblings will help fill other kids’ bellies.

**This is a digital ebook. No physical book will be mailed to you. You will receive a link to download it to your computer.**

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These 10 Kindness ePosters for your Classroom will be the perfect addition to help encourage your students to show kindness to one another. Both kindness in your classroom and kindness on the playground.

These are ePosters and are digital. No physical product will be mailed to you.

Take the digital pdf and copy them on 11 x 17 paper. They can then be laminated or hung up in your classroom.

At a local copy store such as Staples or Office Depot, you can print 11 x 17 posters in the self-serve copiers for under $2.

10 Kindness Posters for Classrooms Include:

• Choose Kind Rainbow Poster
• Ways to Be Kind in the Classroom Poster
• Kindness Starter Park Poster
• Spread Kindness Not Germs Poster
• THINK Poster
• Kind People are Happy People Poster
• Ways to be Kind on the Playground Poster
• Be Kind Kindness Rocks Poster
• You Can Be Mad Without Being Mean Poster
• The Golden Rule Poster
• Be an Includer Poster

Hang these posters in your classroom or in your school hallway and spread kindness at school and build a stronger school community.

When our students know that we expect kindness from them and we will encourage it and praise it, they will be more willing to show kindness.

Over time, students will be intrinsically motivated to keep spreading kindness both in your classroom and on the playground.

Want to encourage even more kindness in your classroom? Hand out these Caught Being Kind Cards. 

Thank you for taking the time to look at these kindness posters. If you have an idea for another poster you’d like for your classroom, please let me know.

Want even more eposters? Make sure to check out these Kindness Posters for Families…you can use them at home or you can use them at school for your students to spread even more kindness.

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One of the trickiest parts of raising kind kids is helping them be kind to their siblings.

First, our kids won’t be kind to their siblings if they don’t like them.  This ebook provides simple ideas to help siblings connect so they want to be kind to each other.

But then, even if our kids do like their siblings and feel connected to them, siblings can still be nasty, mean and belittling. You will learn ways to both encourage and celebrate kindness in your family AND learn the 13 things to ban to create a kinder culture in your family and home.

And one of the hardest things to teach our kids is they can be mad at their siblings without being mean and without retaliating. But to teach that, we need to help our children realize the why behind kindness. We tell our kids they need to be kind. But we rarely tell them the why. Why should they be kind? Once they really know that, our kids will be kind to their siblings (and to other people) more often.

And over time, kindness will become our kids’ knee jerk, normal reaction to life’s situations.

To help encourage more kindness between siblings, this 50+ page digital ebook also includes:

• step by step ideas on how to raise kind siblings
• simple explanations of why we should be kind so you can explain it to your children
• two versions of a month-long Sibling Challenge is included (one for older siblings and one for younger siblings)
• two printable posters
• sibling book craft step by step directions
• ways to help siblings and families connect so they want to be kind to each other
• list of family kindness challenges to keep the kindness going year round

Will this be a magic solution that works overnight? Nope. Because teaching our kids to be kind takes time. Repetition. And relentless reminders.

But this will give you the tools and ideas you need to make it happen.

And siblings will continue to bicker and push each other’s buttons, BUT real, genuine kind words and kind actions will start to happen more often without prompts, and without reminders.

Which will make your home a calmer, more peaceful and more loving place to be.

For every ebook purchased, I’ll donate 10 meals to No Kid Hungry.

**This is an a digital product. No physical book will be mailed to you.**

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Do you wish you had the answers to make you a calmer, happier mom so your home is a calmer and happier place?

*This is an ebook. No physical product will be mailed to you. Once you purchase it, an email will be sent to you so you can download and read it online or print it out. 

What if I told you there are answers.

This ebook contains my absolute best, tried and true positive parenting secrets that I have learned over the last decade of being a parent.

It includes:

1.The Only 2 Family Rules You will Ever Need

There are only two rules we use in our family and they cover everything. And they seriously make my home a better place, my kids better people, and me a better mom. These rules work for toddlers to teenagers.

2. How to Get Your Kids to Listen Once and For All, plus a printable to help them want to listen

This one trick gets kids to want to listen. It has my most strong-willed sassy kiddo responding with an “Okay, Mama,” which saves my sanity.

3. The Magic Phrase that Will Stop Your Kid’s Attitude Problems

My kids can be sassy and rude. And my kindergartener can be worse than my tween. This one magic phrase presses the pause button on the attitude and helps them self-correct without me lecturing them or doling out consequences.

4. How to End Sharing Struggles, Once and For All

This trick I learned early on in my parenting journey and it changed the way I parent my kids in such a positive, healthy way. It’s truly a game changer for our kids because it ends the fights and the battles over toys.

5. The Most Important Thing to Do When Your Child Wants to Quit, plus printable discussion starters to help guide you

As our kids get older and want to try out all the things, they often want to quit five minutes after the class is no longer refundable. It’s hard to know what to do. These discussion starters will guide you and help you make the absolute best choice for your family.

6. Simple Ways to Connect with Your Tween, plus love note printables you can hide for them

My tween is starting to emotionally pull away from me. And I’m not having it. These are simple and fun ways to connect with your tween even as their attitudes spike and they want to retreat away from you. It can be easily adapted to our younger kids.

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