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Raising a Grateful Child – Part 1
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Getting Ready for a Successful Thanksgiving
Gratitude is not something that is an innate human trait. Because we are all born selfish, it is something that is both caught and taught. As God designed it, babies spend all of their time having their needs met. As children get older they are taught to be more and more self-sufficient. If we are not spending time training our children to have a grateful heart however, they will keep that selfish attitude.
Thanksgiving gives us a wonderful opportunity for training. We can utilize the theme of this holiday to start our holiday season off with an attitude of gratitude. One way to do that is by creating an “I’m thankful for list”. Starting today put a poster board up in a central location of your house. It can be a plain poster board or you can enlist the help of your children to decorate it.  Parents can take the initiative and begin every day by writing at least one thing on the list that they are thankful for. Make a game of seeing who can come up with the most things. Keeping the things that we are thankful for in the forefront of our minds will begin to train us, and our children, to have grateful hearts.
For more ideas on teaching gratitude through fun activities check out,
http://glittermagic.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/10-ways-to-celebrate-gratitude-in-your-happy-home/
402 episodes
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Manage episode 191988157 series 8775
Getting Ready for a Successful Thanksgiving
Gratitude is not something that is an innate human trait. Because we are all born selfish, it is something that is both caught and taught. As God designed it, babies spend all of their time having their needs met. As children get older they are taught to be more and more self-sufficient. If we are not spending time training our children to have a grateful heart however, they will keep that selfish attitude.
Thanksgiving gives us a wonderful opportunity for training. We can utilize the theme of this holiday to start our holiday season off with an attitude of gratitude. One way to do that is by creating an “I’m thankful for list”. Starting today put a poster board up in a central location of your house. It can be a plain poster board or you can enlist the help of your children to decorate it.  Parents can take the initiative and begin every day by writing at least one thing on the list that they are thankful for. Make a game of seeing who can come up with the most things. Keeping the things that we are thankful for in the forefront of our minds will begin to train us, and our children, to have grateful hearts.
For more ideas on teaching gratitude through fun activities check out,
http://glittermagic.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/10-ways-to-celebrate-gratitude-in-your-happy-home/
402 episodes
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