12/11/2025
World Kindness Day š
Teaching children kindness is one of the most important things we can pass on to the next generations. Promoting kindness starts by being good role models in how we show kindness to each other, ourselves, and how we interact with our environment.
7 ways we can teach our children to be kind
š Demonstrate kindness through everyday actions
š Teaching children kindness begins with teaching them about their emotions.
Encourage children to build relationships with others and regulate their emotions through their own self-control and mindfulness.
š Teach children to name and talk about their emotions.
š Promote kindness in children by helping them read cues in others & teaching them about empathy. Mindfulness can help your child be aware of their surroundings including other people without judgement.
š Be empathetic towards your childās feelings.
š Show compassion and interest in others.
š Teach empathy to children by encouraging emotional sharing. Children should feel safe to show their feelings even when it is a negative emotion.
Teaching children kindness means creating a safe and secure environment for your child by being open and receptive to their feelings.
