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Day 14: Accountability check
How are you doing at finding something you can praise about your child each day—and telling them and at least one other person? If things have been challenging, there will likely be times it is difficult to avoid focusing on the negatives!
One key tip is to keep a master list in your smartphone or personal notebook of all the positive things you notice and appreciate about your child. Pick one quality as your affirmation for today. Then keep this list handy so you can easily refer back to it on other days down the road.
Coach's Corner: As The Kindness Challenge puts it, "What you focus on is what you will see." Train yourself to concentrate on the positives that are always there, even with the most difficult child, and you'll notice these qualities more often.
Or perhaps your relationship is a good one, but you simply want to be more purposeful. If so, consider and implement a specific success strategy. For example: "I see my high-school daughter every day, so I can remember to praise her, but I forget to say those positive things about her to someone else. I will post a sticky note on my computer each day or set an alarm on my phone to remind me to mention good things about her to friends/colleagues."
The 30-Day Kindness Challenge is brought to you via our partnership with Shaunti Feldhahn, and is based on her research for The Kindness Challenge.
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