Welcome to Making Caring Common’s resources for families, parents, and caregivers! We offer activities, tips, resource lists, discussion guides, and more to help you raise caring and ethical children who are concerned about others and the common good.
Finding things in common with other people can be a powerful way to help kids learn to appreciate and care about people who are different from them. This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common can help adults guide kids in identifying things they have in common with others, especially with those who seem different from them.
Read MoreLooking for an easy way to help kids practice talking about their feelings and the feelings of others? This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common helps adults use kids favorite stories to begin these conversations.
Read MoreCaring is good for relationships and research suggests that it supports happiness and success! This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common helps kids learn the importance of caring by capturing and talking about caring moments.
Read MoreOur Gratitude Scavenger Hunt encourages children to notice people and things to be thankful for. Try making a routine for your family!
Read MoreOur “Gratitude Conversation Cards” encourage family members to talk about what they are thankful for and why. Try to make it a weekly (or daily!) routine for your family.
Read MoreThis fun activity encourages children to recognize people to be grateful for and to show that gratitude the best they can. Expressing thankfulness to other people strengthens relationships and boosts happiness — and it can be an especially powerful way to cope with stress and remind ourselves of the things we take for granted. Pick at least one day in the week and try to make this a routine for your family.
Read MoreTo do well in school and life, kids need to learn how to stick with something, even if it's hard. This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common helps adults guide children in persisting to achieve goals even in the face of obstacles.
Read MoreWhen your kid needs a nudge to overcome a challenge, encourage them to pretend to be (or imagine being) someone they admire. This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring common can help.
Read MoreMistakes can be hard! But when family members talk openly about times when they made a mistake and lessons they learned, it can help kids understand that mistakes are a stepping stone for success rather than a source of shame. This resource from Harvard’s Making Caring Common can help adults guide kids in learning from mistakes.
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