Inside: Learn 6 ways to help your child be kind online as you guide them to use the internet in this digital age. Imagine your child comes home in tears because a rumor about them is being spread. They’re devastated. And embarrassed. And hurt. And sad. And confused. And mad. As their parent, you’re feeling […]
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Books to Help Kids Be Includers
Inside: Teaching our kids to be includers, to welcome and include other kids, is incredible. These books about including others will help teach that. Imagine a playground full of loud, happy, busy kids. Everyone is playing basketball or on the jungle gym or eating their snack under the shade of a tree. Well, almost everyone. […]
How to Teach Your Kids to Be Kind Without Being Taken Advantage Of
Inside: How to help our kids be kind without being taken advantage of or becoming a doormat. Learning to say no and be kind to yourself is a necessary life skill. I was on a crowded freeway the other day and tons of cars were trying to merge into my lane. Here in Los Angeles, […]
How to Spread Kindness with this Friendship Plate
Inside: Want a simple kindness gesture that’s easy to do with your kids? Spread cookies and kindness with this friendship plate that’s meant to be passed from friend to friend. When we moved into our new home, neighbors all around brought us goodies when they came to introduce themselves. Homemade banana bread. A store-bought pie. […]
How to Make Friendship Cookies to Bake with Friends
Inside: To help build up friendships, host a baking playdate with friends and ask each person to bring a special ingredient to make and then eat Friendship Cookies. When I was a young girl in Girl Scouts, we used to make something called a Friendship Salad. Each girl would bring a piece of cut-up fruit […]