12 Simple Ways To Ignite Social Awareness In Kids

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Here are the 10 simple ways to ignite social awareness in your kids.

1. Participate in a coat drive. Pack up a coat that’s grown too small and take it to a local charity, with your kid in tow.

2. Recycle at home. Recycling is so easy to do, but it teaches your kid that people are stewards of the earth and its resources.

3. Prepare a meal together for someone in need. Did you best friend just have a surgery? Whip together a casserole with your child, and deliver it for a personal touch.

4. Teach through exposure. Talk to your kid about what he’s thinking when you see a panhandler on the street, or drive through a community that’s different from your own.

5. Give one compliment a day. Teach your child the power of positive words by handing out compliments freely — to your family and complete strangers.

6. Share a positive story from the news. It’s not all doom and gloom. Good things are happening out there, often as a result of socially responsible people.

7. Ask for birthday party donations. Encourage your kid to accept charitable donations at his birthday party, instead of gifts.

8. Donate a book. Many libraries accept donations of old books for kids in need.

9. Write to a pen pal. Expand your child’s horizons by linking him or her with a pen pal from another country.

10. Turn off the lights. Conservation is key to a socially responsible life.

11. Travel to learn. Cruises are great, but traveling to learn about the world is instrumental in the development of a well-rounded person.

12. Tell a story. Pick out a few books for bedtime that tell stories about people who do great things for others.

It actually is very easy to raise social awareness in kids. It really won’t take much of your time. You can easily do numbers 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, and12 every single day. They’re actually good habits to develop for both you and your kids. The more you do them, the better. Your kids will end up learning and imitating you. What better way to teach but to walk the talk, right?

Here’s what Denise Daniels, an expert in child development has to say about this:

Teachable moments are built into our everyday lives … They may take a little extra thought, but they certainly don’t have to take much extra time or effort.

So don’t worry. You don’t have to make to make any major changes in your life to raise a socially responsible kid. Integrating these simple ways can make a huge difference in the mindset of your kids.

Developing social awareness in a kid cannot be done overnight. The same way, good manners cannot be taught and learned overnight. All these take a lot of training and practice until such time that they become good habits. So don’t give up. The 10 simple ways can easily help your kids become socially aware at a very early age.

An article by Mary McCoy is a great eye-opener for all parents to start raising their little ones as socially responsible kids.

Can you come up with other ways to train your kids to be more socially responsible?

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