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Practica la Amabilidad

Una Guía para Iniciar para las Familia Hispanohablantes

La amabilidad es un músculo. Mientras más lo practica, más crece la compasión de su hijo/a. Al practicar la amabilidad, su familia hará un buen impacto en su comunidad ahora y en los años siguientes mientras su hijo/a se convierte en un adulto/a cariñoso y generoso.

Además, la concentración de su familia en la amabilidad tendrá un impacto oderoso en la salud de su hijo/a. Los investigadores nos dicen que inspirar a nuestros hijos a que ayuden a los demás puede tener beneficios significativos para su salud física y mental.

¿Por qué animar la amabilidad?

Los niños que son enseñados a cuidar a los demás ganan la alegría de ayudar, junto con muchos otros beneficios de salud, incluyendo:

  • Autoestima más alta

  • Menos estrés

  • Más optimismo

  • Más probabilidad de evitar la actividad criminal

  • Más probabilidad de permanecer en la escuela

  • Mejor salud mental

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Deje que get Doing Good Together (Haciendo el Bien Juntos) inspire el próximo acto de amabilidad de su familia. Los siguientes recursos solo están dispuestos en inglés por el momento.

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The recommendations we offer are based solely on our mission to empower parents to raise children who care and contribute.

Adopt Everyday Habits

Add heart to your routines with our printable menu!

Our daily routines define our lives. After all, we are what we do day after day.

By adopting one or two simple, caring routines, you'll give your children a strong sense of themselves as helpers. In this way, big-hearted habits empower kids to become thoughtful, engaged citizens throughout their lives.

We’ve created a menu of big-hearted family routines, pairing our favorite habits with the cues that have worked best for members of the DGT Family.

“The less you isolate acts of kindness into their own once-in-a-while calendar slots, the more generosity simply becomes a way of life.”
— Sarah Aadland, Doing Good Together

Don’t feel daunted by the complete list below. You aren’t meant to tackle them all at once!

  • Choose one or two favorites.

  • Use them as inspiration to design your own big-hearted routine.

  • Add or change the routine as your child grows.

By adopting a few, well-timed habits, you may be surprised how easy it is to move from good intentions to positive actions.

Instructions

  • Download and print our Menu of Big-Hearted Habits..

  • Invite your family to browse through the ideas and discuss which ones might work best.

  • Choose one or two routines to adopt.

  • Decide on a reward you can enjoy together after you've reached a goal or milestone. For example, if you stick with your habit for two straight weeks, you may want to take your family out for ice cream or have a dance party together.

Read about it!

Inspire your whole family to live generously with excellent picture books and big-hearted conversation starters. Pick your favorites from our growing list and get started today!

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The recommendations we offer are based solely on our mission to empower parents to raise children who care and contribute.

Share Bookmark Kindness

Spread cheer and great reads.

Use our printable template, or design your own bookmarks. Then add your favorite big-hearted book recommendation to the back, and start ripples of bookish kindness. 

Potential Recipients

  • Share bookmarks with patients in a nearby hospital, residents of a local nursing home, or anyone who could use some cheer.

  • Include bookmarks with a community book drive.

  • Give them as gifts to friends, teachers, neighbors. Or leave them (and perhaps a copy of your recommended book) in a Little Free Library.

What you’ll need

  • Art supplies: Crayons or colored pencils, scissors, clear packing, and tape or laminating paper

Instructions

  • Read any of the titles in our Read with Empathy collection.

  • Decorate your bookmarks with colors, colored pencils, or markers.

  • Cut around the outside of the bookmarks.

  • On the back, recommend your favorite perspective-expanding book or leave a cheerful note.

  • Seal with packing tape or laminate. (Optional)

  • Hide your decorated bookmarks (and perhaps your recommended book) in a Little Free Library, stash them in library books, or gift them to others!

Reflection

  • Why did you recommend your chosen book?

  • Why is it fun to read books about characters and experiences different from your own?

  • People talk about kindness having a “ripple effect.” What do you think that means? Let’s imagine the ripple effect our bookmarks might have.

Resources

Browse the lists in Doing Good Together’s Read with Empathy collection for your next picture book favorite!

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Take it further

  • Restock a Little Free Library.

  • Leave encouraging sticky notes - along with bookmarks - in your favorite library books.

  • Donate favorite books to a shelter or children’s hospital.

  • Host a book drive for a shelter or organization in need.

  • Volunteer to read to seniors at a nearby nursing home.

Browse the projects in our Big-Hearted Families Tookit!

Disclaimer:  Doing Good Together™ is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

The recommendations we offer are based solely on our mission to empower parents to raise children who care and contribute.