How to explain kindness to children?

November 13 is the day dedicated to kindness.

The World Day of Kindness was born in Tokyo in 1997, we explain to the children that the kindness we are talking about invites attention and respect towards others, in small gestures.

It is not difficult to talk about kindness to children, being kind is nothing but taking care of the other.

Bringing children closer to such a sensitive topic is important for their growth.

Bringing children closer to kindness is the basis for a positive future, it is essential to put good education, courtesy and good manners in the baggage of the little one. Kindness is also contained in the most frequent words that we use in everyday life, but which have a great meaning, such as thanking or apologizing.

However, it is essential not to forget that November 13 is only a date in which you can raise awareness of the topic of kindness to children, but that you need to be kind, generous and available to others all year round.

Respect and kindness are essential values ​​and it is the adult's job to pass them on to children.

You can explain kindness to children with activities to do both at home and at school, on the occasion of the "World Day of Kindness", you can propose to your little one to make a kind dedication to a friend or a member of the family or a person they love.

You can propose to the child to give the toys they no longer use to less unfortunate children.

You can suggest that the child do at least two kind acts a day for at least one week.

To explain kindness to children, educators can make a poster with the little one with some kind words, we recommend a few: Thank you, sorry, please, good luck, have a good day, how are you feeling? you ate? do you need something? Please, good morning, please, I'm sorry.

And let's not forget to explain to them that at the base of everything there must always be a smile, for a positive relationship to life!

Explaining kindness to children is good for their health, being kind is good for the heart, keeps the mood happy while on the contrary being unkind leads to being nervous and this is a negative adjective that is harmful to health. Since negativity generates stress.