** You may also want to consider the book Where Children Sleep as a resource when teaching
your children about gratitude for the lives they lead.
Not exact matches
Founder Jenn Choi recently wrote in the Atlantic
about her struggle to teach her own
children the sense of
gratitude she picked up naturally growing up in a household of modest means.
This tells us that God delights in His
children knowing they are
children, being comforted, not worrying
about their eternal destiny, and serving out of love and
gratitude and a desire to please Him and gain His approval.
When our mothers said, «Clean your plate, because
children are starving in China,» they meant to teach us something
about manners and
gratitude.
I require manners, we talk
about gratitude and I seize teachable moments as they arise with the hope of making my
children good people.
This doesn't mean telling them to be thankful, it means demonstrating
gratitude as parents and having an open conversation with our
children about what that means.
Instead of a disconnect from her daily lessons, Susan goes
about teaching
gratitude in the exact same environment and format as she approaches more straightforward academic subjects, while relying upon small group collaboration, formative assessment and interaction to empower each
child's voice.
I am sure this practice benefits my
children but what I have noticed is how much it makes me think
about what I'm grateful for and how so often my mindset is not
gratitude.