Finding things in common with other people can be a powerful way to help kids learn to appreciate and care about people who are different from them. This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common can help adults guide kids in identifying things they have in common with others, especially with those who seem different from them.
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Looking for an easy way to help kids practice talking about their feelings and the feelings of others? This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common helps adults use kids favorite stories to begin these conversations.
Read MoreCaring is good for relationships and research suggests that it supports happiness and success! This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common helps kids learn the importance of caring by capturing and talking about caring moments.
Read MoreOur Gratitude Scavenger Hunt encourages children to notice people and things to be thankful for. Try making a routine for your family!
Read MoreOur “Gratitude Conversation Cards” encourage family members to talk about what they are thankful for and why. Try to make it a weekly (or daily!) routine for your family.
Read MoreThis fun activity encourages children to recognize people to be grateful for and to show that gratitude the best they can. Expressing thankfulness to other people strengthens relationships and boosts happiness — and it can be an especially powerful way to cope with stress and remind ourselves of the things we take for granted. Pick at least one day in the week and try to make this a routine for your family.
Read MoreTo do well in school and life, kids need to learn how to stick with something, even if it's hard. This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common helps adults guide children in persisting to achieve goals even in the face of obstacles.
Read MoreWhen your kid needs a nudge to overcome a challenge, encourage them to pretend to be (or imagine being) someone they admire. This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring common can help.
Read MoreMistakes can be hard! But when family members talk openly about times when they made a mistake and lessons they learned, it can help kids understand that mistakes are a stepping stone for success rather than a source of shame. This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common can help adults guide kids in learning from mistakes.
Read MoreWe’ve developed a set of guideposts to raising caring, respectful, and ethical children, along with tips for putting them into action. These guideposts are supported by many studies and by the work that our various organizations have conducted over several decades with families across America.
Read MoreHow can you encourage honesty in kids? Watch the video and review our tips for parents.
Read MoreEmpathy is at the heart of what it means to be human. It’s a foundation for acting ethically, for good relationships of many kinds, for loving well, and for professional success. And it’s key to preventing bullying and many other forms of cruelty. The following are five guideposts from Harvard’s Making Caring Common can help parents cultivate empathy in children.
Read MoreParents and caretakers want to ensure that their children are safe, respected, and able to learn when they are at school. But many parents and caretakers feel that they don’t know what happens inside school walls. When parents and school leaders talk together about what the school is doing to create a safe and caring community, everyone can learn and engage in positive change efforts. You can set up a time to ask these questions of the principal, assistant principal, or guidance counselor. You can send a letter with some or all of the questions. You can also share them with the parent representatives on your school’s parent council. You can suggest that parents and school staff work together to pick a few questions that are most important for your school community and meet on a regular basis to work on them.
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