Raising Generous Kids

Happy Monday Ladies! I am still thinking about last week's meeting and what Barb had to say about raising generous kids. Her 3 tips were simple & practical. 

Here's a quick recap of the tips:

1. Study my child to see where he/she is naturally generous

2. Be intentional

3. Be a good example

I also liked her "Game Plan" on  how to implement teaching them to be generous. 

** Invite kids into the process (let them have a say)

** Give kids the freedom to be as involved as they want to be. Don't pressure them.

** Encourage & applaud them every time they are generous. 
     It shows them that what they are doing is important. 

I hope all of you were able to pull a couple good ideas from your tables on things you can do to be generous. Here are a few I wrote down from Barb and my table.

1. Bake cookies for retirement homes
2. Pay for person's meal behind me in drive-thru, or the person behind me at Starbuck's
3. Make up some "Blessing bags" for the homeless. If you see someone on the corner, pull over & hand    them a bag. 
4. Volunteer at a food pantry
5. Adopt a family for the holidays (Bread of Life Ministry)
6. Get items for shoeboxes over Xmas (Operation Christmas Child)
7. Sponsor a child through World Vision

The list could go on & on, but the main idea is to find something or somethings that you can involve your kids in. 

Our goal as a group is to put 2 baskets together for Bread of Life Ministry this Thanksgiving. There will be more information on this from Dayna, but as you do your grocery shopping these next couple weeks, if you could maybe pick up some extra canned food items or things you think would be a good fit for the baskets that would be awesome!

Barb Christing's contact information is: 

barbchristing@yahoo.com

And her website is: SlingshotKids.com