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 […]
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Use these Gratitude Kindness Notes This Thanksgiving
Inside: Help your kids focus on why they’re grateful for the people in their lives this November (or anytime of year) with these Gratitude Kindness Notes. But I want two. I want more. She has more. Why can’t I have more? My kids often forget to be grateful for the one cookie they have or […]
Family Volunteer Challenge for October to Spread Kindness
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 […]
Fall Kindness Bucket List Activity to Spread Kindness through Autumn
Inside: Use this Fall Kindness Bucket List Activity to help kids spread kindness throughout the autumn months with easy, kid-friendly activities. With the end of the hot, lazy days, comes the promise of cool, crisp fall days. Fall is always a welcome reprieve to the long hot days of summer. We bust out the sweaters, […]
Mental Health Activities for Kids to Improve Emotional Health
Inside: Use these 10 mental health activities for kids to improve their emotional health and help with depression, anxiety, and stress. The other day, dressed in black, I sat in a church I’d never been to, and saw way too many familiar faces. Sweet music was playing and as a slide show played on huge […]