Do you think your kids will grow up to be generous people?
If you get a phone call from your child’s teacher with a message that your kids have difficulty sharing with other kids, that they’re not being polite, or that they’re not being generous, it’s time to do something about it.
Unfortunately, you can’t expect that by simply telling your kids to be generous, they’ll do what you say. Teaching doesn’t work that way.
According to Ellen Kellner of The Pro Child Way, there are 4 tips to follow in order to nurture generosity in your child. The most effective tip is probably the most simple: Practice generosity yourself, and your kids will do the same.
Kids look up to you for guidance and approval, especially when they’re young. If your kids see that you’re being generous, they’ll see that it’s the right thing to do.
Generosity can be witnessed by your child when you let a frantic mom, who is holding a crying baby, chead of you in the grocery line. It is witnessed when you let another driver go first at the 4-way stop sign. Your child sees generosity when you take the time to hold the door for someone who is still far off. Your child sees generosity in action when you rake your elderly neighbor’s leaves.
It’s a habit that you can maintain and one that your kids can learn, simply by just watching you do it.
Do you personally know some other ways to teach generosity to kids?
Nurturing Generosity In Your Child [The Pro Child Way]
