How can we teach children to be kind in a culture that glorifies meanness? Sue Stephensen uses positive psychology to promote kindness, humor, and laughter in a school-wide approach. Other schools like the one this article discusses teach kindness as part of their bullying prevention and character education programs
preventing-bullying-through-kindness/ Another great resource for bringing kindness education into schools is
randomactsofkindness.org I am incorporating some of the ideas in these resources into my bullying prevention inservice presentation for teachers during preservice week and in social/emotional classroom lessons.
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