48 - Cultivating Kindness in Kids

Parenting Decoded

We all want our kids to grow up being kind and courteous. In this episode I talk with Teresa Ramirez, a motivational speaker and Kindness Koach. Listen to lots of fun ideas on how to promote kindness inside and outside your home.
Here's some of the ideas we talk about!
- Model it INSIDE your home

• Use Family Meetings to talk about how to be kind to each other
• Come up with a list of ideas from putting sweet notes in lunch boxes to doing surprise chores for some one
• Make a meal for everyone,
• Give an extra long hug, pick some flowers for someone
• Plan a "date" with one of your family members including taking care of the plans and making all the food

- Model it OUTSIDE your home

• Help neighbors, hold doors open, help someone with packages at a store, pick up garbage a a park
• Do service projects together - help at a fundraiser, work at a food pantry,
• Send letters or draw pictures to friends who are shut-in
• Visit a senior center
• Write fun and cheerful messages with sidewalk chalk outside your home
• Have a lemonade stand to raise funds for a charity or cause

To get to Teresa's Facebook Page and order your FREE BUBBLES OF JOY!:
JOURNEY IN KINDNESS

To read the full article from Happy Family Happy You: 38 ACTS OF KINDNESS

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Have a blessed rest of your day!