Music helps us rally and brings us together in a way few other mediums can. In spite all of its power, music has been absent from Doing Good Together's big-hearted offerings. Until now.Here are 5 projects for big-hearted music lovers.
Big-Hearted Action Speaks Louder Than Fear
Now is the time to gather our families and get back to the work of helping the fearful, the lonely, the hungry, and everyone else needing a hand.Together, let’s cross kind acts off our to do list and watch their impact ripple out into the world. Together, let’s do all the good we can to bring people together, to lift others up.
How Kindness Can Win the Election
The incivility of this heated political climate requires parents to cultivate compassion as strategically as the campaigns unravel it. This is the time to share with your children all the reasons kindness and respect are so essential; to discuss the challenge (and critical importance) of being an “upstander” in the face of offensive speech; and to exalt the power of every individual (even very small ones) to bring about positive change.
Big-Hearted and Brilliant: Service Ideas That Flex Empathy Muscles and Expand Young Minds
In this guest post over at My Little Poppies, you'll find fresh service ideas and an important message: academic success and kindness are not mutually exclusive (despite popular opinion).
10 Tips for Helping Your Child Manage Anxiety
This week we bring you a guest post from Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley, a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler who writes at My Little Poppies.
On Bullies, Bystanders, and Being Kind
Expand Your Circle: 6 Fun Ways to Reach Out, Teach Empathy, and Embrace Differences
Finding our tribe is good for our health. It's good for our jobs. It helps us live longer. But do our tribes limit our social experiences? We need to intentionally throw open the gates to new friendships and new social experiences if we’re going to expand our cultural boundaries and unlearn the prejudice that's unraveling our country.