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#169286 - 12/29/08 02:41 AM
how to teach children gratitude
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Registered: 12/19/08
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i am just wondering how you actually teach someone to be grateful, or if something like that can even be taught.
i know very few people who are sincerely grateful people. it is too late to teach my kids . . . not saying that they are or are not grateful, i can't gauge that. thinking more about how to nurture that trait in my grandchild.
the grandchild is overscheduled and the culture teaches that kids receive from adults - hence no cards or gifts FROM kids to adults only TO kids from adults.
i don't think this is good but there is nothing i can do about it.
when i was a child, i took it upon myself to save money for christmas and bought something for everyone in my family. i am not sure where i got the idea i should do this.
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All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. dame julian of norwich - 14th century - mystic
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#169298 - 12/29/08 06:34 AM
Re: how to teach children gratitude
[Re: seek]
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Registered: 11/19/08
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Loc: American living in Germany
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Over abundance kills gratefulness. If a child truly wishes something, and receives it after a waiting period, then the child experiences true gratefulness. But if you read every child's wish from his or her eyes and grant it immediately...than they take it for granted. I agree that children should be raised with the joy of giving. If they never learn that, they have missed out on something wonderful.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Goethe
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#169455 - 12/30/08 07:39 PM
Re: how to teach children gratitude
[Re: jabber]
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Registered: 01/21/07
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Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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I think that gratefulness is teachable..but best done from childhood onward and requires alot of patience, time.
It helps that significant adults in a child's world are consistently supportive of the child in a non-materialistic way. And that over time, a child learns that food, clothing...is just that. Only food, clothing to keep them alive..and provided by the parent(s). Teaching child some skills on self-suffficiency and how to create things, helps later if they are given by surprise, a similar item already made.
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