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Tuesday 23 July 2024

Teaching Your Kids To Be Charitable: Top Tips

Every parent wants to raise their children to be well-rounded, confident adults, and the secret to doing just that is finding and building a winning community. You can only do so much as a parent, which is why establishing a great village for your kids is so important.

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Of course, it isn’t just about what a community can do for you and your kids. You also need to ask yourself what you can do for your village. Building long-lasting, strong connections with the world beyond your front door is the secret to raising those well-rounded adults, and a great way to start is by teaching your kids to be charitable.

How do you get around to teaching charity to your kids? You use these top tips.

·      Model Charity to Your Kids

The most important place to start when it comes to teaching kids to be charitable is to model charity. This can mean choosing causes in your local community and taking them to help. Kids can help with environmental charity events, like clean-up projects or in fundraising events. In fact, volunteering and helping others even without your kids is a great way to become the role model they need in their lives. Be charitable and kind, and your kids will not only want to be, too, but they’ll know just how to do it by watching you.  

·      Take on Personal Projects

There’s no reason why you can’t help others on your own, without a charity backing you. A very easy, simple one is to get a bin bag and a litter picker and workon cleaning up the trails and even side streets in your neighbourhood. You can also ask your neighbours if they need any help, and if it’s a task that your kids can get in on, bring them around. Even a simple gesture such as putting together a box of foodstuffs to bring to the local food bank can be a great project to do with the kids.

·      Sign Up for Bigger Challenges

If you truly want to come together as a family, have fun, and support a cause that means a lot to you and your kids, you’ll want to sign up for charity challenges. The most obvious type is a marathon, yes, but that is far from the only option. You can go on hikes in Cornwall with Macmillan, for example, and combine a charity event with a holiday.

Sign up to such a challenge and you’ll get training tips to help you all get ready for the experience. You’ll also need to be creative and work together to fundraise. This means you’ll get to have fun, work together, and do it all for a very important cause like supporting cancer treatment and support.

·      Take Your Kids to Protests

Sometimes, the most important way in which you can teach your kids to be charitable is to take them to a protest. Protests are a form of charity, in the sense that they work to bring attention to a cause and also push for legislative change. One of the most important aspects to teaching children to be charitable is to instil the belief that what they do matters, and going to protests (that are designed to be family-friendly) is a great way to do this.

 

About the Author

Cassandra is an experienced author who has worked for over a decade in media and digital marketing, covering stories and writing guides for the lifestyle, non-profit, and sustainability sectors. Her work is featured internationally, covering both local news and lifestyle guides to help others live better lives. Outside of work, you’ll find her taking photos and sharing her unique perspective of the world online.