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Gratitude

Well, to say the least, Christmas will be a bit different in our house this year. We aren't going overboard on gifts, no that we ever have.

I have a request of anyone that reads this blog: ideas on how to teach gratitude? I feel that I model gratitude in basic manners in everyday life, take time to volunteer, etc. But my daughter doesn't get it. She still unwraps a present and tosses it aside. And this is a sweet, polite child on any other occasion.

We have had many conversations about how someone has taken time to shop for a gift, thought of her, etc. Of course a kid doesn't quite get that. (She's 10).

Any other ideas would be helpful.
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Skye said…
In a book I read---"Conscious Living"---the author discusses gratitude going all the way back to being thankful that someone raised this plant that could then be made into this piece of clothing, etc. And in "It's Easier Than You Think" by Sylvia Boorstein, she discusses the 8-fold path elements of Buddhism (in a very easy to understand manner); one of the tenets is gratitude. Maybe trying to make her see the global perspective: what it took for the thing to even get into her hands? How much work it took, how much effort it took to create it. How many hours it would take her to create it or earn it. Of course, ten is the center of the universe....
November 25, 2008 at 6:23 PM
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