How Printable Kindness Cards Can Help Teach Kids Values

How Printable Kindness Cards Can Help Teach Kids Values

All parents want to teach their kids certain values.  It’s a part of raising kids with character, right? Whether those are time-honored and traditional values or more modern values; it’s one of those things that parents do. But how do we, as modern day parents, teach these values to our kids? First, it’s a matter of figuring out what our values are. One way I’m teaching values to my 3 year old is through printable kindness cards. She can share these with others or when she’s older, I can tuck them into her lunch box or her dresser drawers. Stuck for ideas? Here are 3 ways to encourage positive values in kids. As parents, we owe it to our children to raise them to be…

6 Ways to Teach Your Preschooler to Get Along With Others

6 Ways to Teach Your Preschooler to Get Along With Others

We want to raise Squeaker with certain values and encourage her to be tolerant and accepting of others. Having an older sibling with special needs is going a long way in this endeavor.  But, we also know that we could be doing more. While she is not yet in preschool, we are still trying to figure how to teach our preschooler to get along with others. We know that this skill will go a long way and that it could take time to develop. We hope that it will help you as well when it comes to modern day parenting skills. How do children learn to get along with others? When it comes to our parenting style, we have tended to blend positive parenting with…