Children and families in service to others.

Can we as parents and families demonstrate work in service to others?

Some ways that may help are:

• Keeping regulars family meetings discussing service and plans to serve.
• Volunteer routinely in your community or place of worship even if they can only be present for now as little ones.
• Refrain from speaking ill about others in your home.
• Discussing challenges as they appear at school.
• Make every efforts to put situations and responses through the word of God so they know what’s right and expected.
• Talk to them about things that hurt them to witness and what solutions could possibly make a difference.
• Demonstrate eye contact, handshakes and how to love friend sand people encountered.

• Sign up for group volunteering opportunities to participate as a family.
• When money is received from gifts or earnings, have them put away a portion for charitable work.
• Practice writing thank you cards or creating things they made with their hands as a way of saying thanks for gifts received.
• Have them help around the home even if it’s putting the placemats on the dinner table for all.

These are only a few things but these and many others are ways we can demonstrate giving. It appears to be best implemented early and often as a way of life.

I would love to hear your suggestions on what things you and your family have done.

Kidstrive to serve!