Cultivating gratitude

[Anonymous]

How do/did you help your child understand gratitude and a grateful spirit?

[Anonymous]

I used to make my kids name one thing that their siblings did for them or for family each day, like

X helped bring in groceries
Y helped me put on my skates
X said I did good job with legos

And I wrote them on a white board in living room daily.
It made them go thru day looking for ways to help and be helped, and made them more grateful.
I also got my kids involved quite young in helping refugee families, it made them grateful for their own lives to see what others have been through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to make my kids name one thing that their siblings did for them or for family each day, like

X helped bring in groceries
Y helped me put on my skates
X said I did good job with legos

And I wrote them on a white board in living room daily.
It made them go thru day looking for ways to help and be helped, and made them more grateful.
I also got my kids involved quite young in helping refugee families, it made them grateful for their own lives to see what others have been through.

Thanks! These are great tangible steps we can take. We have also been involved supporting refugee families in our neighborhood and school community but I’ll make more of a point to have my kids I involved.

[Anonymous]

We model it. DH and I are constantly thanking each other for all the little things throughout the day. We thank our kids for things they do. We encourage them to thank others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We model it. DH and I are constantly thanking each other for all the little things throughout the day. We thank our kids for things they do. We encourage them to thank others.

Thank you…. And…. Yea, I mean we’ve been doing that since infancy for both kids but it’s not really sinking in the way we’d like and I’m over promoting them in public settings.

[Anonymous]

At night when we're saying goodnight we do a verbal gratitude journal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We model it. DH and I are constantly thanking each other for all the little things throughout the day. We thank our kids for things they do. We encourage them to thank others.

Thank you…. And…. Yea, I mean we’ve been doing that since infancy for both kids but it’s not really sinking in the way we’d like and I’m over promoting them in public settings.

How old are they? Mine got much better at doing it on their own around 7 or 8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We model it. DH and I are constantly thanking each other for all the little things throughout the day. We thank our kids for things they do. We encourage them to thank others.

Thank you…. And…. Yea, I mean we’ve been doing that since infancy for both kids but it’s not really sinking in the way we’d like and I’m over promoting them in public settings.

How old are they? Mine got much better at doing it on their own around 7 or 8.

3.5 and 6…. Good to know!