How to Teach Children About Poverty and Hungermy world • raising giving children • parenting • ages and stages
How do you teach your young child about poverty and hunger when he has a full plate of yummy food in front of him, is well-dressed, and comfortable? You don't. You can't. Yet, I yearn for my child to be aware of these things so that the seeds of compassion…
Build-A-Bear Huggable Heroesmy world • raising giving children
We hear so many negative things about the youth of today: how childhood obesity is at an unprecedented high, for example, or that almost a quarter of them have used illegal drugs (source). They're faced with so much temptation to disengage from reality through text messaging, video gaming,…
my world • raising giving children
Ancient wisdom teaches us that it’s “more blessed to give than to receive.” When we’re giving to others, whether it’s of our time, money, or resources we’re taking our eyes off ourselves and focusing on others. There is something magical that happens within our spirit and soul that causes us…
The Grateful Tree: Teaching Kids to Put the “Thanks” Back in Thanksgivingmy world • raising giving children
Does thankfulness take a back seat to wish lists as the December holidays approach? Is giving the last thing on your child’s mind during the season of Santa Claus? In our home, The Grateful Tree is November’s equivalent to an advent calendar, helping our kids mark the days before Thanksgiving…
The Quest of a Parent: a Charitable Childmy world • raising giving children
I'm on a quest. Actually, my husband and I are on a journey, an adventurous expedition, in search of something grand. That journey began when our two boys, now 7 and 1 1/2, were born. It progressed by leaps and bounds today. With a gift of less than a dollar.…
Cultivating Gratitude in Childrenmy world • raising giving children
It is a truth almost universally declared by parents nationwide, that their children seem increasingly ungrateful. In a country where so much is not only easily available, but actually paraded right under their noses, how can our children not take so much for granted? It may be argued that it…
