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Why do Kids Say 'I Love You'?
- Share the ways you like to feel love. Find out how your child likes to feel loved by asking “How do you know when someone loves you?” Think about your own answers to this question also.
- Show your love for the earth. When we care about the environment, we care for it as best we can. Collect trash on the street, gather up recyclable items in your home, or do some gardening outside.
- Make a list of people we love and people who love you. Make a list or create a photo album of family members and friends. Use this list (or album) to remind your child that there are lots of people who care for him/her.
- Make a big “Love Heart.” Explain to your child how a heart is often used as a representation of love because, like love supplies energy to people, the heart supplies blood to the body.
- But First, A Warning…
- Boost Your Kid’s Emotional Intelligence
- Teach Your Child About Their Body
- Encourage A Growth Mindset
- Teach Your Child to Accept Others – Even When They’Re Different
- Raise Your Kid to Be Kind, Thoughtful, and Giving
- Tackle Gender Stereotypes
- Inspire Your Kid to Make The Most of Life
- Videos For Tweens and Teens
Before you set your child up to watch one of these videos, you might want to watch the short video yourself firstto make sure it’s the right fit for your family. While I’m 100 percent comfortable with sharing these videos with my children and I have many friends and neighbors who have done so as well, every family is different so your mileage may v...
1. The Power of a Breath
This short film helps kids learn how to deal with their emotions. After several kids share how their emotions affect them and how they physically feel in those moments, they talk about what helps them to feel better.
2. How Mindfulness Empowers Us
Your child might have heard of mindfulness before, but they might not fully understand what it means. In this short animated story of two wolves fighting in our hearts, an expert explains how mindfulness allows us to see our thoughts and feelings as they are beginning, not after we’re feeling overwhelmed.
3. The Difference Between Empathy And Sympathy
In this short video, Dr. Brené Brown explains empathy with a powerful metaphor, plus how to practice true empathy. Beware that the video gives two brief examples of struggles that people might be dealing with – miscarriage and a failing marriage – so if that’s the first your child has heard of those situations, you may want to talk about that after the video. For a practical trick to boost your child’s empathy, I put together this guide for parents: Empathy Is Tough to Teach, But Here’s One T...
1. Consent for Young Kids and Tweens
Conversations about consent can’t wait until the teenage years. This video for kids gives an age-appropriate introduction to the idea of consent, and it’s perfect for preschoolers and grade-school-aged kids. Related: 5 Important Steps That Will Help Protect Your Child From Sexual Abuse
2. An Important Message About Body Image
Here, professional volleyball player Gabby Reece talks to her 12-year-old daughter about weight and how to have a healthy relationship with the scale. I
For a practical but powerful trick for encouraging a growth mindset in your kid, check out 9 Best Growth Mindset Posters That Will Inspire Your Kid to Keep Trying.
1. Us versus Them
In today’s world, the “us versus them” narrative is pervasive. In focusing on what divides us, we can lose sight of what we have in common. This Danish ad challenges that narrative with a simple demonstration.
2. How to Put Yourself in Someone Else’s Shoes
This is a quick (and funny!) video to teach your child how to see a situation from another person’s perspective, especially when that other person may have a disability or mental health condition. If your family uses a broad definition of curse words, beware that the transcript includes “crap” and “what the heck.” After the video, here are a couple conversation starters you can use: 1. What’s something that’s easy for you to do but might not come easy to someone else? 2. What’s something you...
3. When Someone Acts Different
This video for kids starts out by talking about how we all have differences, including in how our brains work. Then it introduces what autism is and what that means.
After you wrap up here, head over to The Secret to Raising Your Kids to Be Kindto get my free printable that will help you raise kind kids.
1. Redrawing the Balance
In this short video, children were asked to draw a firefighter, surgeon, and a fighter pilot. The pictures they drew were eye-opening.
2. Picking Your Career
This animated video explores how gender stereotypes often get in the way of a child pursuing their passion as a career one day.
3. Women Give Advice To Their Future Daughters
This round-up of advice from women to their future daughters is perfect for mothers to watch with their own daughters.
4. What Society Does to Your Creativity
To read more about this short film, check out How Society Kills Your Creativity – In An Award Winning Pixar-Esque Short Film.
1. Consent and Tea
This short animation explains consent using a simple metaphor: tea. This went viral when it was first released because it communicates the concept of consent so perfectly. Beware that two versions of this video exist, and the one I’ve included below is the “clean” version without curse words.
2. Like a Girl
If you’ve noticed your tween or teen girl losing confidence as she gets older, this is the perfect video to watch together. But don’t assume this is just for girls – this is also a message every tween or teen boy needs to hear.
Love. 2 m. PBS KIDS Talk About: Kindness! 4 m. Favorite Things About Learning. 9 m. Relationships and Family. 10 m. Feelings and Emotions. 2 m. Life Changes: Divorce. 11 m. Celebrating Family. 9 m. Friendship. Educational games and videos from Curious George, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows!
YouTubers & Family Vloggers. YouTube’s most family-friendly faces share their lives and interests with viewers around the world. YouTube Kids has family-friendly videos on many different...
