"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -- Lao Tzu
The True Power Of A Family Kindess Practice
"Kindness has been in the news a lot lately. Who doesn't love the "be kind" message? It feels good to do good. Intuitively, we know kindness makes our communities stronger. Discovering that it also better prepares our children for a meaningful life, reduces stress, and heightens emotional bonding just makes it better.
But we need to go beyond sharing kindness in our news feeds or packing our birthdays with 30-something acts of kindness. We need to make kindness an unavoidable part of family life. As indispensable as brushing teeth. In short, we need to practice."
In honor of World Kindness Day on November 13th, we invite you to reflect and be inspired to take action at home by reading about one family's daily and weekly kindness practices, and how this has planted seeds on their journey together. [read more]
But we need to go beyond sharing kindness in our news feeds or packing our birthdays with 30-something acts of kindness. We need to make kindness an unavoidable part of family life. As indispensable as brushing teeth. In short, we need to practice."
In honor of World Kindness Day on November 13th, we invite you to reflect and be inspired to take action at home by reading about one family's daily and weekly kindness practices, and how this has planted seeds on their journey together. [read more]
Reading Corner
Movie Idea of the Week: Pay It Forward
Ages: 5+
Why? "Young Trevor McKinney, troubled by his mother’s alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father, is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet. The assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor conjures the notion of paying a favor not back, but forward--repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. Trevor’s efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him." - Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Ages: 5+
Why? "Young Trevor McKinney, troubled by his mother’s alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father, is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet. The assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor conjures the notion of paying a favor not back, but forward--repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. Trevor’s efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him." - Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
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Be the Change
Check out these bright and colourful printables featuring loads of immediate ways to practice kindness together as a family! For more ideas, check out the "For Parents and Grandparents" kindness ideas section on KindSpring.org and if you're feeling inspired, please take a moment to share your story there to inspire other families to practice kindness together!
