Hey Parents, Teaching empathy is harder than it seems. Studies actually call empathy a skill and, as you may know already, it comes more easily to some than others. So what exactly is empathy? Empathy is defined as "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another." My favorite explanation is given by the one and only Brene Brown- Check it out below.. So now that we've defined what empathy is, we can start to practice it. Because if there's one thing I know about having children, it's that it's nearly impossible to teach something well if you don't practice it yourself. Which leads me to my first point. Model it - Yikes this is a challenging one! Being mindful that our children are watching most everything we do is important. They're watching you treat your waitress with kindness or ignoring your postal worker. They're learning from you picking up the trash outside the restaurant or leaving things for someone else to
Hi there! Within the first few weeks of being home it was obvious I needed to implement some sort of behavior chart for my boys. I did some research and found one online that I modified to what works for our little family. I wanted to share this with you today because it's been so helpful and it will for sure be something we continue doing. What I love about this chart is that it encourages good behavior but also teaches them to do the right thing in a way that's more at their level. My favorite thing about it though is that it also teaches my boys that we're all learning and that we can try again or start over when we're struggling. I think I like that because that's a life lesson I'm learning too. God's mercies are new every morning.