Benefits of Teaching Kindness to your Child

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What is Kindness?

Kindness is more about being selfless, caring, and compassionate.

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It requires a lot of patience and practice to understand and feel it.

Kindness means treating others as you would like to be treated.

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What is the importance of Kindness

It lights up the brain’s pleasure center and releases serotonin and oxytocin.

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The release of the hormone oxytocin is associated with decreasing blood pressure and reducing inflammation.

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This is why kindness feels good.

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Benefits of Teaching Kindness to your Kids

Kindness builds empathy among children.

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It also makes them more resilient.

Helps in creating great leaders

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Increase happiness among kids

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Improve their confidence and self-esteem

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Keeps the kids happier and healthier.

Kindness is also suitable for their physical growth.

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Kind people have more friends.

It helps in making the world a better place to live.

Kindness boosts mood

Kindness makes the child feel connected with others and reinforces empathy and compassion.

It improves their academic performance

Decrease stress and depression

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How to Teach Kindness to your Child

Begin the process by making your kids understand the exact meaning of kindness and why is it important.

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Make kids realize that their one kind behavior is likely to cause a ripple effect of the kind deed, this will activate their imagination to think about a better world.

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Teach your kid to say only positive things

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Let them know that positive actions helps in maintaining the long-term effects of those changes on well-being.

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Teach your child about kind words and smiles.

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Tell them how being respectful, talking politely, greeting people properly, and showing good manners are also important.

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Be nice to your child.

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Be vigilant about what your child sees, learns, writes, and reads online.

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Simple yet impactful ways to teach your children about kindness.

Feeding the stay animals

Donating used toys

Spending time with elders

Help the needy people

Planting trees

Holding the door open for someone

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