Use these 17 strategies to improve family relationships with more kindness, empathy and connection and create a home where everyone feels safe, loved and wanted. I read a great meme the other day. It said, if you want kind teenagers, teach them to be kind when they’re little and then give them 10 years of […]
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What is Kindness ?: Explain it to Kids
Inside: What is kindness? Use this explanation to help explain it to kids. When I asked a group of kids what kindness meant, they couldn’t really give me a definition. But they could give me examples of what kindness has felt like to them: My brother shared a lick of his ice cream with me. […]
Deal with Mean Kids Without Being Mean: 5 Must Know Tips
Inside: 5 tips all parents need to know to deal with mean kids, unkind kids, or bullies while helping our kids stay kind. Oh my god. You can’t even cross the monkey bars yet? You’re such a baby. You can’t play with us because you don’t even know that velcro shoes are dumb. We don’t […]
Friendship Checklist to Help Kids Find Great, Real Friends
Inside: Help kids figure out who their great, true, real friends are with this friendship checklist they can use to decide for themselves. When I was in middle school, I had a few friends my mom didn’t like. She told me she would let me decide if I was going to continue my friendship with […]
Musical Theater Gifts for Theater Nerds,Theatre Lovers, and Thespians
Inside: Have a musical theater lover on your shopping list? Use this gift guide to pick out the perfect musical theater gifts for your musical theater nerds. My daughter isn’t on sports teams, but we joke that theater is her sport. She loves everything about theater, including directing, acting, and watching musical theater. When she’s […]