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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of BioLife4D. All thoughts, opinions, and content are mine alone. When it comes to teaching kids how to be kind, one of the easiest is by practicing random acts of kindness. But how do you do this? Here are a few simple random acts of kindness ideas for preschoolers that I’d like to share with you. And with thanks to BioLife4D for sponsoring this conversation and to MidlifeHealthyLiving for issuing this challenge. Do you really want to be happy? Everyone says yes, but the gateway to happiness makes some of us frown. The gateway to happiness, is giving to others. Think about this: “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy,…

When it comes to raising kids with character, one of the most important things I want to teach my daughter is how to be empathetic towards others. I know, of course, that one of the best ways to do this is by example. What are other ideas for how to teach empathy to kids? Let’s take a look at a few of the easier ways. Why does empathy matter? Empathy is a strongly needed quality among all people. It is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. With more empathy comes more compassion, lower crime rates, and more unity among everyone. Although empathy comes more naturally to certain people, it is something we should all strive for. Most people think of this as…

As parents, we want to protect our children from practically everything. And while this may seem impossible; we can protect them in certain areas. Mostly, that covers things like physical needs. But have you considered how to protect your child’s emotional well being? In our effort to balance very full and hectic lives with our families and our jobs, we may have been neglecting an all-important facet of our child’s life: their emotional well-being. The first three years of a child’s life is a critical time for a child. And the trauma of changing child care providers or having a ‘part-time’ parent float in and out of their life can be very traumatic and destabilizing for them. For some parents, that means making a decision for…