Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for August by donating school supplies and books for students who need it. August used to still be summer when we were kids. But nowadays, August officially marks back to school season. Target told me so with their rows and rows of Elmer’s Glue […]
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How to Help Kids Be More Grateful with These Appreciation Notes
Inside: Help kids focus on being more grateful with these appreciation notes they can write and leave for friends, family, and teachers. It was a crummy, no good day so I planned on ice cream for dessert. I scooped out bowls of ice cream and instead of my kids thanking me and getting excited, they […]
Family Volunteer Challenge for July
Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for July by writing to active duty servicemen and women in our military. My kids think the 4th of July is such a fun holiday all about apple pies and fireworks. And they think Memorial Day means BBQs and Veterans Day means no school. […]
How to Teach Kids to Celebrate our Differences
Inside: We need to go beyond teaching diversity and embracing multicultural studies…we need to celebrate our differences so we can truly begin to value each other. When my eldest was in 5th grade her small, but diverse Girl Scout troop wanted to have a meeting in December. The girls decided to share their December family […]
How to Teach Your Kids to be More Compassionate
Inside: Teach your kids to be more compassionate with these 5 tips every parent and educator needs to know. When my daughter was little, she came to me crying. She had been out front and fell and stubbed all of her toes. Sweet little thing was in a lot of pain. I of course […]