11/10/2025
School-age kids understanding gratitude at a deeper level this Thanksgiving! 📚🦃
This is the beautiful age where thankfulness shifts from what they're told to feel to what they genuinely recognize.
Kids' developing gratitude superpowers include:
✨ Recognizing people who support and love them
✨ Appreciating experiences and opportunities they have
✨ Understanding that not everything is guaranteed
✨ Expressing thanks more thoughtfully and specifically
✨ Connecting actions to outcomes and consequences
When school-age kids say "I'm thankful for..." they're not just reciting - they're developing emotional intelligence and social awareness that will serve them for life.
Supporting their growing bodies and nervous systems through this developmental phase helps them manage the complex emotions that come with deeper understanding.
Your child's growing gratitude awareness shows how beautifully their brain and heart are developing together! 💙