Teaching your kids to be thankful for what they have in their lives.
The summer is coming to a close.
Soon everyone will be wrapped up in knitwear and proclaiming the hygge season.
The Oxford Dictionary states that being thankful, is being pleased and relieved.
It is a feeling.
A warm and pleasing state of mind.
Feeling gratitude is an action, like saying, thank you.
It is something we have been conditioned into saying from the moment we learn to talk.
It is an automatic response.
Its polite to do after all.
But how often do we pause and really think about what we are thankful for?
The response of saying those two words is the person actively showing gratitude.
It turns out gratitude is actually good for your health and scientists have begun to prove why.
Roald Dahl
A fun activity to do with your children around or on Thanksgiving is creating a Thankfulness Jar.
The idea is simple and can be adapted very easily to suit your own family.
you’ve got the option to start it a week before or on the day.
On a slip of paper, you write what you are thankful for.
See which ones are your favourite or which ones have been said more than once.
Every couple of weeks write a note out.
Then in a years time, when you are sat altogether around the table, pour them all out.
Dr. Seuss, Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
(1973)
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