Inside: Use these free printables to help kids combat the gimmes and focus on giving. Every time they write down something they want on their wish list, they can add something they want to give away. The last time I took my kids to the store, they immediately found the toy section. Oooh, I want […]
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How to Encourage Your Kids to Be Kind With Kindness Lunchbox Notes
Inside: Encourage and help your kids remember to be kind at school with these kindness lunchbox notes for kids. Every morning as my kids pile out of my car and we say our goodbyes and our “I love yous,” I remind them to be kind. I remind them to be kind to their friends. To be […]
Tattling vs. Telling and Why Kids Need to Know the Difference
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 […]
How to Not Blow Up and Yell When Our Kids Are Unkind
Inside: How to keep our parenting emotions in check and not blow up when our kids are unkind. Sitting at my daughter’s soccer practice, there were two little kiddos on the sidelines playing together and one of them had a toy. They couldn’t have been older than three. And one boy hit the other one […]