From: The Guardian
How to Raise Kind Children: Lead By Example, Talk it Over … and Get a Dog
April 17, 2025
It is a simple and powerful way to help them feel calmer and happier, say the experts. So how do you teach kindness to kids?
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Don’t fear if your kid displays all the tenderness of Hannibal Lecter – kindness can be taught. Experts almost unanimously agree that role-modelling is key – in play, but also in real life. “Our studies show children are strongly influenced by what they observe adults doing,” says Bruce Hood, developmental psychologist and author of The Science of Happiness. “If we model sharing, kindness and generosity to others, children will instinctually copy this behaviour. Likewise, if they see adults modelling greed and cruelty, these will be considered normal.”
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