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8 Chapter Books Featuring Back-to-School Kindness

As a new school year begins, books can help children build empathy, welcome new friends, and create caring classroom communities. These stories encourage readers to notice others, celebrate differences, and discover how even small acts of kindness can make a big impact.

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7 Picture Books Featuring Back-to-School Kindness

As a new school year begins, picture books can help children build empathy, welcome new friends, and create caring classroom communities. These stories encourage readers to notice others, celebrate differences, and discover how even small acts of kindness can make a big impact.

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10 Chapter Books to Inspire Summer Kindness

Spend lazy summer days curled up with a book! Summer is a chance to take a deep breath, even when the schedule can feel full with fun, camps, and vacation. Slow down and spend some time reading about kindness with these summer-themed chapter books about kindness.

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9 Picture Books to Inspire Summer Kindness
9 Picture Books to Inspire Summer Kindness

Squeeze every last ounce of sunshine out of summer. The season is a chance to take a deep breath, even when the schedule can feel full with fun, camps, and vacation.  Slow down and spend some time reading about kindness with these sweet, summer-themed stories.

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Volunteer in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Volunteer in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul)

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in the Twin Cities (St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota and surrounding suburbs). We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Volunteer in Miami
Volunteer in Miami

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in Miami, Florida. We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Volunteer in Oakland/East Bay, California
Volunteer in Oakland/East Bay, California

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in the Oakland and East Bay areas. We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Volunteer in Seattle
Volunteer in Seattle

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in Seattle, Washington. We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Volunteer in Silicon Valley
Volunteer in Silicon Valley

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in Silicon Valley (San Jose and throughout Santa Clara County, California). We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Volunteer in Boston
Volunteer in Boston

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in Boston & Cambridge, Massachusetts. We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Volunteer in Baltimore
Volunteer in Baltimore

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in Baltimore, Maryland. We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Volunteer in San Diego
Volunteer in San Diego

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in San Diego, California. We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Volunteer in New York City (NYC)
Volunteer in New York City (NYC)

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in New York City, New York. We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Volunteer in St. Louis, Missouri
Volunteer in St. Louis, Missouri

Each month, DGT™ does the research to find family-friendly volunteer opportunities in St. Louis, Missouri. We compile these opportunities into monthly listings to share with our subscribers and here on our website.

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Discover the Latest Tips and Tools in Our Big-Hearted Families™ Blog

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When the Invisible Load Gets Heavy: Finding More Meaning in a Busy Family Schedule
When the Invisible Load Gets Heavy: Finding More Meaning in a Busy Family Schedule

For many parents, the hardest part of family life isn’t just everything we do. It’s everything we have to remember. The invisible load—the constant mental tracking, planning, anticipating, and organizing that keeps family life moving—can be exhausting.

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Fill Your Summer with Kindness
Fill Your Summer with Kindness

As you are mapping out your summer bucket list, Doing Good Together is here to help with ideas for meaningful kindness.

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50+ Kids' Gift Ideas with Kindness at Their Core
50+ Kids' Gift Ideas with Kindness at Their Core

50+ kids’ gift ideas with kindness at their core! Gift giving opportunities pop up throughout the year, from annual holiday, birthday, and anniversary celebrations, to one-time milestone moments like graduations, major accomplishments, or just because. With the overabundance of consumerism in our culture, it’s natural for parents who care about the world to want to be mindful of what they're purchasing, not wanting junk to accumulate in their homes. That’s why we assembled this tried-and-true gift guide of favorite presents with kindness at their core. You’ll find special projects and tools that keep kids busy, encourage reflection, and encourage conversations; activities, items, and games that help them explore and understand the world around them; apparel that supports good causes, and more.

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Start a Kindness Book Club: Ideas for Elementary Age Kids
Start a Kindness Book Club: Ideas for Elementary Age Kids

Everything is better with friends and a party! 

How about friends and a party and an amazing book? As a parent, September feels like a fresh start, a new year. It’s full of opportunity as the school year gears up along with a new season of activities and sports. I’m going to suggest one more thing to start this year - a big-hearted book party club! 

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Perspective Taking and Gratitude
Perspective Taking and Gratitude

At times, life has a way of slowing us down and giving us a new perspective. An unexpected injury, an illness, or even a temporary physical challenge can remind us just how much we take for granted in our everyday lives. Those things you do every day that are effortless suddenly become difficult. This gives us a new perspective on the challenges that some people face daily. It is a reminder to be grateful for even the little things in your life. It is also a good reminder that you never know what someone is carrying and that a small gesture, a kind word, a little extra patience, or even a smile can actually make a difference.  

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The Power of Being Seen and Heard
The Power of Being Seen and Heard

Our world bustles at an extremely fast pace and it can be easy to move through it without providing the time that people need to feel seen and heard. As a parent, I want to teach my children the importance of taking the time to listen to others. Listening is one of the basic skills needed to be able to build empathy. Research shows that there are three different types of empathy.

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Raising Resilient Kids
Raising Resilient Kids

Resilience is a predictor of future success for children. Resilience is a mix of grit and perseverance. How do we raise kids who are resilient? I think our children’s ability to face challenges and adversity is grown in part through teaching kindness, building empathy and building connections. These important milestones form the bedrock of Doing Good Together. Below, find some ideas to help continue to raise resilient kids. 

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