Inside: We all want to raise kind kids. When you ban these 15 surprising things, you will raise kinder kids, and have a kinder home. My goal is to raise kind kids. And I will have done my job right if I raise my kids to help others without being asked, they know how to […]
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Valentine’s Day Craft to Let Kids Keep All Their Valentine’s Day Cards
Inside: Valentine’s Day craft to use your kids’ Valentine’s Day cards that they bring home from school. Don’t toss them, make this Valentine’s Day Placemat craft. As a kid, I loved Valentine’s Day. I loved collecting the valentines my classmates brought in to school. The My Little Pony cards. The Lisa Frank unicorn cards. And the […]
How to Get Kid Chores Done Around the House and Raise Helpers
Inside: How to encourage kids to do more kid chores and be more helpful around the house. I came into my kitchen and on my floor was an applesauce pouch, completely sucked empty with the lid just on the floor. And then I looked up and dirty stocks were on my kitchen table and there […]
How to Raise Kids Who Are Helpers Who Want to be Helpful
Inside: Want to raise kids who are helpers? Kids who help others because they are genuinely kind people and want to help? Here are 8 ways to help teach them to be helpers and 20 ideas they can do right now. I was standing in a crowd of people with my family and I looked […]
How to Help Our Kids Be More Grateful and Appreciative
Inside: Do you want to help your kids be more grateful? And here’s why we absolutely need to teach our kids to be more grateful to help them be happier and kinder. My daughter seriously just had a temper tantrum. A full-blown hissy fit. But the problem with that is, she isn’t 2. She’s 11. […]