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April 7, 2025
Teach Kindness
MiaLisa Millares
Teaching Kindness in the Classroom: Why It ...

Learn ways to include kindness lessons in educational settings and beyond! Through learning about kindness, children learn empathy and compassion and can begin viewing the world around them through the eyes of others as they appreciate diverse perspectives. By building kindness activities into regular educational practices, we prepare kids for life as an adult who cares and contributes to the world around them. 

Teaching Kindness in the Classroom: Why It Matters and How to Do It
February 6, 2025
Holiday Traditions, Parent with Purpose, Teach Kindness
MiaLisa Millares
Loving Hearts, Loving Kindness: Exploring 4 ...

Valentine’s Day often stirs strong feelings, often over-celebrated with material gestures. Our guest contributor shares how her view of the holiday was shifted by a homemade card, revealing the day's deeper potential. Learn how teaching young children about varied forms of love can foster empathy and enrich lives.

Loving Hearts, Loving Kindness: Exploring 4 Lesser-Known Types of Love for Children and Families
December 5, 2024
Parent with Purpose
MiaLisa Millares
The Messy Middle: Helping Children Understand ...

We might apply the idea of a “messy middle” to much of life–switching careers, engaging in social change, even parenting/family life itself. Most of our lives happen in this space, when you stop to think about it–we haven’t yet “arrived” at the metaphorical place of organization and tranquility, but are constantly evolving our processes to be responsive to needs. How might we help our children understand the messy middle–its necessity, its tension, its gift–in a developmentally-appropriate way?

The Messy Middle: Helping Children Understand Process Over Product
October 3, 2024
Parent with Purpose
MiaLisa Millares
Parenting Pressure: How the Surgeon General’s ...

As parents and caregivers, you likely know all too well the daily stressors you face. The surgeon general’s report outlines the specific challenges we face at each stage of a child’s development, from sleepless nights with newborns to navigating the troubled teen years. The stress doesn’t just affect us as parents, it spreads to impact the whole family unit. And when we worry that our stress is affecting our kids, the cycle feels never-ending. The surgeon general’s report calls attention to this vicious cycle and offers actionable ways to break it.

Parenting Pressure: How the Surgeon General’s Advisory Aims to Support You
August 8, 2024
Parent with Purpose, Advocate
MiaLisa Millares
Disagreements and Differences: Strategies for ...

In today's fast-paced information cycle, issues are often presented as black or white, right or wrong. When parents actively listen and support diverse perspectives on various topics, from child care to nutrition, they model for children how to understand and appreciate differences, encouraging a more nuanced and empathetic view of the world.

Disagreements and Differences: Strategies for Helping Kids Navigate Our Divisive World
Sarah Aadland
November 11, 2015
Parent with Purpose, Holiday Traditions

6 Family Acts of Gratitude to Share All Year Long

Sarah Aadland
November 11, 2015
Parent with Purpose, Holiday Traditions

Our family is moving our introspective celebration of gratitude outward. We're transforming our seasonal giving of thanks into an outpouring of appreciation, kindness, and love for those who help make our lives themselves treasures.

Tagged: Gratitude and Giving, Winter Holidays, Gratitude

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Sarah Aadland
October 9, 2015
Kindness Practice, Holiday Traditions

8 Party-Worthy Kindness Projects to Help Your Family Connect More, Want Less, and Have FUN

Sarah Aadland
October 9, 2015
Kindness Practice, Holiday Traditions

These party-worthy kindness ideas are fun, plus they will help family and friends work together for a cause, think about others, and learn about community challenges.

Tagged: Traditions, Gratitude and Giving, Winter Holidays

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Sarah Aadland
August 19, 2015
Parent with Purpose, Kindness Practice

Essential Kindness Habits For Your Back-to-School Routine

Sarah Aadland
August 19, 2015
Parent with Purpose, Kindness Practice

Now is the perfect time to add habits of kindness to your family’s regular routine. These essential ideas are a great start. How is your family adding heart to the school year?

Tagged: Create Kind Habits, Talk About It, back-to-school

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Sarah Aadland
August 10, 2015
Parent with Purpose

Aiming for an Under-Scheduled School Year

Sarah Aadland
August 10, 2015
Parent with Purpose

During our under-scheduled summer, I’ve seen my children tap into creativity and engage thoughtfully with the world around them in a way they wouldn’t have had time for otherwise.  I’m looking for tools to help them keep this momentum through the school year

Tagged: back-to-school

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Sarah Aadland
July 9, 2015
Parent with Purpose, Pick a Project

Empowered by Mess: 6 Tools For Creative Summer Fun!

Sarah Aadland
July 9, 2015
Parent with Purpose, Pick a Project

Without the limitations of you might get dirty and I don’t want to have to clean that up later, kids with an hour or two of unscheduled time on their hands can get remarkably creative.

Tagged: Create Kind Habits, Summer of Kindness

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Sarah Aadland
June 23, 2015
Quick Acts of Kindness, Kindness Practice

Summer of Kindness: Printable Cards

Sarah Aadland
June 23, 2015
Quick Acts of Kindness, Kindness Practice

Don't let the summer of kindness get away from you! Print these nifty new DIY labels and go on a random acts of kindness quest.

Tagged: Summer of Kindness

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Sarah Aadland
June 11, 2015

25+ Big-Hearted Chapter Books: Great Stories, GOOD Ideas

Sarah Aadland
June 11, 2015

We’ve gathered this list of compassionate, thoughtful, and compelling books for families to read aloud or recommend to older readers.

Tagged: Children's Books

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Sarah Aadland
May 15, 2015
Kindness Practice, Pick a Project

Why Print Our "Summer of Kindness" Bucket List?

Sarah Aadland
May 15, 2015
Kindness Practice, Pick a Project

Last week we shared ourSummer of Kindness Bucket List over on My Little Poppies . Now we’ve added a printable checklist, along with a few extra ideas thanks to input from our Membership Circle.

Tagged: Summer of Kindness

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Sarah Aadland
May 11, 2015
Big Hearts in Action, Start Kind Conversations

Grandparent Journals: Create a Family Treasure

Sarah Aadland
May 11, 2015
Big Hearts in Action, Start Kind Conversations

Reading about someone else's experiences, especially when the person is someone you treasure, builds a sense of empathy and a deeper understanding of that person as an individual.

Tagged: Summer of Kindness, Gratitude and Giving

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Sarah Aadland
May 4, 2015
Kindness Practice, Pick a Project

The Magic of Mail

Sarah Aadland
May 4, 2015
Kindness Practice, Pick a Project

A couple of years ago, we instituted a family Mail Center. Now we put all of the kids' crafty productivity to good use, spreading cheer and love and the occasional envelope-sized goody.

Tagged: Summer of Kindness, Gratitude and Giving, creative for a cause

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Sarah Aadland
April 16, 2015
Kindness Practice, Why We Matter

The True Power of a Family Kindness Practice

Sarah Aadland
April 16, 2015
Kindness Practice, Why We Matter

But we need to go beyond sharing kindness in our news feeds or packing our birthdays with 30-something acts of kindness. We need to make kindness an unavoidable part of family life. As indispensable as brushing teeth. In short, we need to practice.

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Sarah Aadland
March 6, 2015
Kindness Practice

Good (& Guilt Free) Deeds During Family Dinner

Sarah Aadland
March 6, 2015
Kindness Practice

For all of you - us - who are feeling overwhelmed by the rising tide of to-do’s but want to do good when and how you can, start by adding an act of kindness to something you already do often anyway.

Here are 5 of our favorite, simple ways to do good during family dinner.

Tagged: back-to-school, Parent with Purpose, Gratitude and Giving

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Sarah Aadland
February 27, 2015

6 Quick Steps to Make Less into More

Sarah Aadland
February 27, 2015

It's time to simplify! Guest blogger Sara Pederson of Time to Organize shares six quick ideas to help you tame the chaos, which frees up both time and brain-space for meaningful, fun, family acts of service.

 

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Sarah Aadland
February 20, 2015
Parent with Purpose, Most Popular

7 Mindset Traps That Keep Your Family from Doing Good, Together

Sarah Aadland
February 20, 2015
Parent with Purpose, Most Popular

Each time we fall into this rut of negative thinking, we have to rediscover the kindness mindset. We must replace repetitious, limiting thoughts with empowering ones.

And the beautiful thing is... the empowering thoughts are just as true.

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