Inside: Spread kindness this summer with these random acts of kindness for kids because they are a perfect summer activity to keep kids busy this summer. It’s around the corner… the school year is coming to a close. Summer is almost upon us and every year as my kids’ lunchboxes start to fall apart, the […]
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How to Make a Shrinky Dink Keychain as Friendship Gifts
Inside: Help your kids make shrinky dink keychains into friendship gifts that are sweet and help our kids show kindness towards their friends. My youngest daughter has been on a mission to make new friends. One of her close friends just moved across the country. Her best friend doesn’t have the same recess time as […]
How to Help Kids Remember to be Kind with a Kindness Promise
Inside: Help kids remember to be kind and speak with kindness and act with kindness with this printable kindness promise that comes in color and a colorable black and white version. I could see steam coming from my eldest daughter’s ears. She had offered to let her sister go first, which was incredibly kind. We’ve […]
How to Help Kids Be Kinder to Themselves and Avoid Negative Self-Talk
Inside: Help kids be kinder to themselves and avoid negative self-talk so many of our kids are saying to themselves. I’m so stupid. This looks so horrible. I’m a loser. I was hanging out with my daughter and a bunch of tween girls and these were the words I heard come out of their mouths. […]
Help Prevent Bullying By Teaching Your Kids to Be Includers
Inside: Kids can prevent bullying by teaching them how to be includers and invite kids to join in. My daughter was playing alone on the jungle gym at school. Again. Another fourth grader, pushed her as she said, “Get out of my way, blind girl.” My daughter, who has low vision, was so traumatized by […]