How Children Promote Dr MLK s Dream 1
Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, KidsDiscuss.com gives 2 parenting activities for raising happy children with character. Captions and transcript make this parenting video easy for you to copy.
Teaching kids to be positive within the family has tons of benefits for the world. Imagine receiving kind words from your children. Then watching them pay it forward and ‘find the best’ in their friends, classmates, teachers, and finally, the world.
To make this happen, children must learn to reject fault-finding and embrace looking for the good in others. Once they find the good, they must share it. The delighted receiver then passes kind words on to others.
Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted his four little children to be judged by the “content of their character,” not the color of their skin. These 2 activities help your children find good in the characters of others. It’s so easy.
It all starts within the family. Once a week at dinner the family draws names from a special bowl. Each member shares something they like about the person they drew. So simple.
Parents encourage children to also look for the best in their friends, classmates, and teachers. They must share the good they see with the receiver.
In this parenting video I will walk you through 9 true compliments one family told each other. Then I’ll share 7 kind compliments children could give their friends.
The more families teach children to look for the good and not faults, the better the world will be. Please pass this video forward to your friends and their families.
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Script
How Children Promote Dr. MLK’s Dream
by Jean Tracy, MSS
“That my four little children…be judged…by the content of their character.”
Looking for character is ‘looking for the good’ because
It seeks the best in each other and shares it.
Fault-finding hurts kids.
It brings out the worst in ourselves.
Use these two activities to target the good character you find in others.
1st Activity – The Family Praise:
Here are words from real people and what they told each other.
Teaches kids to look for the good.
Once a week they drew
names to share the good they saw
in each other.
1. Grandma, you’re a good cook. I love
helping you.
2. Mom, I like how interested you
are in our lives.
3. Zoey, your laughter is
like sunshine in our home.
4. Dad, I see
how hard you work for us.
5. Son, your upbeat personality
is fun to be around.
6. Lucas, I love you because
you play with me.
7. Gabby, I love how we treat each other.
Our bond is special.
8. I like our chats, Grandpa, because you listen to me.
9. Daddy, I love how you help me.
2nd Activity – Praising Friends
Encourage your children to look for character outside the family too.
1. “You’re a good soccer player because you play for.”
2. “You’re a fun student teacher. Thanks for helping me.”
3. “I like your jokes. You’re so funny.”
4. “You’re good at science. Thanks for working with me.”
5. “I like how you mixed our salad. It looks delicious.”
6. “Wow! You’re plane looks so cool.”
7. “Will you show me how to fix my hair like yours?”
Finding the good in others is
an easy way to make friends because
1. Kids like kids who like them.
2. Kids like kids who care about their feelings.
3. Kids like those who lift their spirits.
Urge your children to make
‘looking for the good ’ a habit.
Pass it forward to more friends, classmates,
teachers, and, ultimately, the world.
“…love will…connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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