On Greed And Gratitude: Episode 76

The Mom Hour

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Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

How do we handle the holiday “gimmies,” when kids claim to NEED everything on their gift list? What’s the best way to cultivate a practice of gratitude (and does it have to involve a craft?)? How can we include kids in meaningful giving during the holidays – and all year round? These are big questions and we’re taking them on in Episode 76 of The Mom Hour. Join Meagan and Sarah for a thoughtful, no-judgment conversation on raising kids to be thankful (even when they still REALLY want that toy…).

LINKS MENTIONED:

How we help curb the ‘I want that!’s during the holidays (Tsh Oxenreider for The Art of Simple)
20 Gratitude Activities for Kids (more than half of which do NOT require crafting/making/projects) (Rebecca Eanes for positive-parents.org)
A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World (DK Children & UNICEF, via Amazon)
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money (Ron Lieber, via Amazon)
Playmobil Advent Calendar Playset (via Amazon)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, Sarah, I know we both want to raise caring and kind kids, but it's not always easy to identify ways to help them engage with the world generously.
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0:16.5	ages 8 to 11 that teaches kids to tap into their unique talents and interests to help others
0:21.5	be a fun, service-focused mini-game quests.
0:24.4	Megan, this is such a cool way to help build meaning into your kids screen time.
0:28.6	Of hundreds of thousands of educational apps for kids, fewer than 1% focus on generosity. The Give As We Grow
0:35.0	app provides an opportunity for kids to learn empathy and cultivate giving
0:38.9	behaviors in a safe positive and self-led environment.
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0:48.2	pathways from the virtual world to service in the real world.
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0:56.0	Ready to spark a new movement and generosity? Find and download Give As We Grow for free in the
1:01.5	App Store for Android and iOS.
1:04.0	And for resources for the whole family,
1:05.8	visit give as we grow.org.
1:08.3	Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm a mom of three kids ages two, five, and seven, and I live in Southern California.
1:20.0	And I'm Megan. I am the mom of five kids ages six through 17, and I live in Michigan.
1:26.7	This is the mom hour part of the Life Listen Network.
1:40.4	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 76 of the mom hour. I'm Sarah Powers here as always with Megan Francis and we are recording this in mid-November looking
1:46.0	ahead to holiday season 2016 and we're gonna be talking about two kind of
1:51.6	yin and yang ideas with our kids and that is greed and gratitude.
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