Inside: Use these kind, respectful parenting one liners will help make gentle parenting easier. Get a free printable list. It can feel overwhelming and triggering when we’re trying to get dinner on the table and homework done and kids are coming at us with requests, demands, whining, and behaviors they know are unacceptable. When we’re […]
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Apple Back to School Kindness Challenge to Encourage More Kindness
Inside: Use this Apple Back to School Kindness Challenge to encourage more kindness and give kids lots of chances to practice being kind. As we head into back to school season, teachers are setting up classrooms, creating lesson plans, and unjamming the copier. But they’re also spending time getting their class lists and crossing their […]
How to Teach Kids to Be Considerate and Mindful of Others
Inside: Raising Kind Kids has to include raising our kids to be considerate and mindful of others. This has a list of ideas of how you can you teach your kids to be more considerate and mindful of others. Yesterday I was in a last minute IEP meeting for my daughter. It was a just […]
Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities: 14+ of the Best and Most Meaningful
Inside: Help your kids focus on what they’re really grateful for this November with these 10 meaningful Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities your family will love. Teaching our kids to be grateful and to appreciate the list of things they have in their lives is a year-long endeavor. Gratitude is not meant to only be taught once […]
How to Celebrate Thanksgiving with a Gratitude Pumpkin
Inside: Help your kids be more grateful and celebrate what they’re thankful for with this gratitude pumpkin that’s perfect for November and Thanksgiving. This afternoon, I told my daughter she could have a cookie. She immediately countered with her, “Can I have two cookies?” So I reminded her to be grateful that I offered her […]