Inside: These must-read Anti-Bullying books will help bully-proof our kids and prevent bullying. This list comes with bully prevention discussion starters to use with your kids. Sadly, my kids know bullies. A few years ago, my daughter was surrounded by them at school. They bullied her because she was different and has special needs. They […]
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How to Encourage Kindness with this Summer Kind Kids Challenge
Inside: If you’re looking for summer activities for kids, this summer kindness challenge is perfect. 4 Kindness activities for each month of summer to get kids to act with more kindness. The kids are almost home for the summer and there’s a most pressing question: What are we going to do all summer long? Since […]
How to Help Your Special Needs Kid Find Real Friends
Inside: How parents can help their special needs kids find real friends and real connections with their peers. Update: This was republished from an article written four years ago when my daughter was in elementary school. She’s now in middle school and is still on a quest to find good friends. And it all still […]
How to Help Kids with Anxiety Using Kindness
Inside: Parents can use kindness to help kids with anxiety cope and manage their anxious behaviors in healthy ways without our negative judgement. I got a call from my eldest daughter’s school. And I panicked for a second. Why is the school calling me? I ran all the awful scenarios through my head. What’s wrong? Who’s hurt? Who’s […]
How to Help Kids Remember to be Kind with a Kindness Promise
Inside: Help kids remember to be kind and speak with kindness and act with kindness with this printable kindness promise that comes in color and a colorable black and white version. I could see steam coming from my eldest daughter’s ears. She had offered to let her sister go first, which was incredibly kind. We’ve […]