Teaching Children Gratitude

November 09, 2009

Halloween’s hedonistic greediness is past (has the candy “gone bad” and disappeared at your house yet?), and the Thanksgiving season is upon us.  For those of us with young children who tend to mark the passage of time according to holidays and seasons, this new phase of the year offers a chance to focus a bit on gratitude. Many

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For Parents: Reminding Ourselves to be Grateful Too

November 10, 2009

Parents spend a lot of time reminding their children to say please and thank you. “What do you say?” is one those refrains we never thought we’d hear ourselves say…and yet, we say it all the time. But what about the flip side? How often do we remind ourselves to express gratitude? Anyone lucky enough to have a much-adored preschooler

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Saying Please & Thank You

November 11, 2009

Every family is unique. Different sets of values, morals, traditions and routines are what make us all special. But when we bring our children together, the one behavior they should all have in common is good manners. And with the holiday season quickly approaching, there is no better time to discuss how we instill gratitude -- and polite manners

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Saying Grace: Books to Teach Gratitude on Thanksgiving and Every Day

November 12, 2009

We are devoted readers here at the Savvy Source, and there is many a book that we enjoy reading so much that we turn the last page just grateful that somebody thought to put those words/pictures/sentences/pages together in just that way.   We think the preschooler's favorite chorus of "Again!" echoes just that grateful thought, and we happily

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The Joy of Being Grateful

November 13, 2009

Thanksgiving, as hard as it is to believe, is now less than two weeks away, and the time seems right, on the cusp of this season of feasting and family, to take stock of all the abundance in our lives. Whether you count your blessings, thank your lucky stars, or just ruminate on how fortunate you are, there are plenty of good reasons to

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