Nannies, how do you teach gratitude and joyfulness to your charges?

[Anonymous]

I saw a thread on the General Parenting forum and I am very interested in teaching my charge mindfulness, gratitude, appreciation and optimism?

[Anonymous]

I model joy and gratitude for my 2 yr old charge. I have found that doing sensory stuff - bins, paints, chalk, cooking, etc - keeps both of us in the moment when we do it together.

I would love to start doing yoga myself and teaching it to my charge.

I am also a happy person - I love my job and I love my charge. I always tell her, "You are my joy!"

[Anonymous]

I am generally a mindful person and I do yoga every day before work. My charge is nearly three and I just started doing yoga with him - so adorable!

Model happiness and gratitude, OP. Talk about abundance and be joyful. Even if your charge's parents are negative, I do think our charges pick up a lot from us.

[Anonymous]

There is one long post on the General Forum on this top that is terrific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I model joy and gratitude for my 2 yr old charge. I have found that doing sensory stuff - bins, paints, chalk, cooking, etc - keeps both of us in the moment when we do it together.

I would love to start doing yoga myself and teaching it to my charge.

I am also a happy person - I love my job and I love my charge. I always tell her, "You are my joy!"

You sound like a wonderful nanny!