Treat others as you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like your child to treat them. You are your child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first and most influential teacher and they are always watching you. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Modeling\u00e2\u20ac\u009d your own kind and caring behavior towards friends and relatives is an effective way to teach your children how to be good to others. Show what being a good friend is about and tell your children how to treat people with kindness and respect.<\/p>\n
Be your child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s problem \u00e2\u20ac\u0153helper\u00e2\u20ac\u009d versus problem solver. Guide and support your children as they work through conflicts or struggles, but avoid doing for them what they have the skills to accomplish on their own. Rather than anticipating and dissolving potential struggles for your child before they happen, become a partner and join his\/her efforts to work through them together.<\/p>\n
Encourage your child to be truthful, but focus on correcting behavior versus pressuring them into \u00e2\u20ac\u0153confessing.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Children often stretch the truth or make up stories to avoid getting in trouble after misbehaving. By rationally focusing on a behavior problem rather than showing disappointment about you child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cover-up\/lie, you send a direct message that he or she shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fear being disciplined and thus telling a story is not necessary.<\/p>\n
Volunteer with your child. By making community service a regular part of your child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life, you reinforce the importance of giving to others\/sharing and help him or her develop a greater awareness of the world and the diversity of people in it. Volunteer outings together also provide great opportunities to spend quality time together as a family.<\/p>\n
Engage and involve your child in everyday tasks. Asking for their help makes children feel useful and important. By regularly involving your child in age-appropriate jobs with you, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re helping him\/her develop a sense of responsibility and familiarity working with others.<\/p>\n
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Kindness\/Friendship<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Now One Foot, Now the Other\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Tomie de Paola Problem Solving<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Little Engine That Could\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Watty Piper, George Haumann and Doris Haumann Honesty<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Big Fat Enormous Lie\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Respect\/Helping Others<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Badger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bring Something Party\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Hiawyn Oram Teamwork\/Responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Airmail to the Moon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Tom Birdseye Treat others as you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like your child to treat them. You are your child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first and most influential teacher and they are always watching you. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Modeling\u00e2\u20ac\u009d your own kind and caring behavior towards friends and relatives is an effective way to teach your children how to be good to others. Show what being a good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,40,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Special People (Who Care)\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Rachel Letch
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Giving Tree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Shel Silverstein
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Rainbow Fish\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Marcus Pfister
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Selfish Giant\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Swimmy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Leo Lionni
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Anansi the Spider\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Gerald McDermont
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Corduroy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Don Freeman<\/p>\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Anteater on the Stairs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Peter Coltrill
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Believing Sophie\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by H.J. Hutchens
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Honest Tulio\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by John Himmelman
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lleonard, the Llama that Lied\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Susan Cameron
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nina, Nina, Star Ballerina\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Jane O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Conner
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Boy Who Cried Wolf\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Tony Ross<\/p>\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Big, Bad Bruce\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Bill Peet
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Like Me!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Nancy Carlson
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kylie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Song\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Patty Sheehan
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153My Way Sally\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Penelope Paine
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Great Kapok Tree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Lynne Cherry
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Ugly Duckling\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Hans Christian Andersen<\/p>\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Arthur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Computer Disaster\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Marc Brown
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dogger\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Shirley Hughes
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Up to You, Griffin\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Susan T. Pickford and Mary Dunn Ramsey
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Stan and Jan Berenstain
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Little Red Hen\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Paul Galdone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"