Reflecting on Kindness

While listening to an episode of On with Kara Swisher where she interviews Adam Grant the following advice when talking to your children really struck me:

Ask your children who did you help this week - this will increase their awareness of opportunities to help and be kind.

BUT EVEN MORE...

Ask your children who helped them this week - this will focus them on who are the kind people rather than just who are the popular children.

I don't have children so can't comment on this, but changing your attention does seem to have a powerful effect so I can't see that it could do any harm.

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And why stop at children, it's never too late to increase our own kindness and awareness of kindness. Maybe we should be asking ourselves the same questions?