Charity is a childhood habit
The whole family can take part in the charity. It can be found for all family members, even the youngest. We offer tips that are guaranteed to make your family stronger and better, and teach children from an early age to participate in charity.
Why is it important for children to participate in charity?
It is obvious that by participating in true charity from childhood, a person becomes more attentive, kind and responsible. He feels happier. No less important for life is the practical side of charity: to hide from children the imperfections of the world is meaningless, but to complain and cry about it, as well as to put up with this imperfection. By translating good deeds into practice, we take control of problems and become less vulnerable to them. We are better insured against the variability and blows of fate.
How to make charity a child’s personal choice without imposing or forcing?
As a rule, modern parents do not have enough time to have abstract conversations about good, evil and justice. Set an example by doing. Participate in the charity yourself, tell the children about it, discuss your good deeds in the family, ask their opinions, choose together who to help, take the children to the action.
Kindness begins at home
To be honest, good deeds must be done for loved ones - relatives, family, our pets, neighbors, friends. Helping around the house, being polite and respectful, paying attention - it’s something and it’s not always so easy. Feel free to ask for help when you need it. Through the example of family, relatives and friends, we learn to be tolerant of those who disagree with us, those who are not like us, to help those who ask for help.
What can children do?
From the age of 4-5 children can participate in charity. They have no money, but they have clothes and toys (these are their things, aren’t they?) From which they grow up. They can be shared with other children. Explain why you need it, offer to choose what the child is ready to give to others, take things together.
Even with small children you can take part in charity events - a variety. It can be a performance or a creative master class, game or sports competition. You make a charitable donation, and it’s as if you’re buying a ticket, and the child is involved in an exciting and noble cause, and this meaning must also be explained to the child.
Even small children can feed the birds with you in the winter or collect small items in the piggy bank. It is no secret that large sums of money that can save lives are collected at petty rallies. And it’s very cool to realize.
Even small children can sort waste or make products from it, thus helping to preserve nature. It can be an exciting game.
Older children can do more - sign postcards for the elderly in nursing homes, take part in park cleaning activities or plant trees, bake cookies for a charity event or play in a charity show. You can help organize a fair or performance. Some schools have a tradition of holding such fairs. It is possible to hand in waste paper, and nowadays it is not as easy as in the days when newspapers were published.
Another school tradition of recent years is the "Children instead of flowers" campaign . Teachers are abandoning the unthinkable number of bouquets on September 1 and are calling for donations to the foundation instead. Well, or at least divide the amount: one flower to the teacher, and the donation - to the fund. The fund is chosen either in the classroom or in the family.
A charity birthday or other holiday is also possible, and if such promotions for adults are primarily about money, then on a child’s birthday guests can be asked to bring, for example, a book, educational game or toy to donate to a charity fund. And then take the collected together with the child, film the transfer process and show it to the guests. They will be pleased!
Volunteering
The older you are, the more opportunities you have to participate in charity or volunteer projects. You can help organize promotions or organize your own.
It is important to understand that volunteering is a free aid, not a part-time job. Fraudsters who impersonate charitable foundations often involve teenagers in collecting donations. They give them boxes to collect money on the streets or in transport, promising a percentage of the funds raised. Do not allow this - it is a deception and a bad experience for you, and for the child, and for society. Your child may be injured, caught by the police or simply in an awkward situation. If she doesn’t want to volunteer, help her choose an organization where she can fulfill her desire - for the benefit of others and for herself. And most importantly - it should be your own choice and fun, then everything is simple.
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Why is it important for children to participate in charity?
It is obvious that by participating in true charity from childhood, a person becomes more attentive, kind and responsible. He feels happier. No less important for life is the practical side of charity: to hide from children the imperfections of the world is meaningless, but to complain and cry about it, as well as to put up with this imperfection. By translating good deeds into practice, we take control of problems and become less vulnerable to them. We are better insured against the variability and blows of fate.
How to make charity a child’s personal choice without imposing or forcing?
As a rule, modern parents do not have enough time to have abstract conversations about good, evil and justice. Set an example by doing. Participate in the charity yourself, tell the children about it, discuss your good deeds in the family, ask their opinions, choose together who to help, take the children to the action.
Kindness begins at home
To be honest, good deeds must be done for loved ones - relatives, family, our pets, neighbors, friends. Helping around the house, being polite and respectful, paying attention - it’s something and it’s not always so easy. Feel free to ask for help when you need it. Through the example of family, relatives and friends, we learn to be tolerant of those who disagree with us, those who are not like us, to help those who ask for help.
What can children do? From the age of 4-5 children can participate in charity. They have no money, but they have clothes and toys (these are their things, aren’t they?) From which they grow up. They can be shared with other children. Explain why you need it, offer to choose what the child is ready to give to others, take things together.
Even with small children you can take part in charity events - a variety. It can be a performance or a creative master class, game or sports competition. You make a charitable donation, and it’s as if you’re buying a ticket, and the child is involved in an exciting and noble cause, and this meaning must also be explained to the child.
Even small children can feed the birds with you in the winter or collect small items in the piggy bank. It is no secret that large sums of money that can save lives are collected at petty rallies. And it’s very cool to realize.
Even small children can sort waste or make products from it, thus helping to preserve nature. It can be an exciting game.
Older children can do more - sign postcards for the elderly in nursing homes, take part in park cleaning activities or plant trees, bake cookies for a charity event or play in a charity show. You can help organize a fair or performance. Some schools have a tradition of holding such fairs. It is possible to hand in waste paper, and nowadays it is not as easy as in the days when newspapers were published.
Another school tradition of recent years is the "Children instead of flowers" campaign . Teachers are abandoning the unthinkable number of bouquets on September 1 and are calling for donations to the foundation instead. Well, or at least divide the amount: one flower to the teacher, and the donation - to the fund. The fund is chosen either in the classroom or in the family.
A charity birthday or other holiday is also possible, and if such promotions for adults are primarily about money, then on a child’s birthday guests can be asked to bring, for example, a book, educational game or toy to donate to a charity fund. And then take the collected together with the child, film the transfer process and show it to the guests. They will be pleased!
Volunteering
The older you are, the more opportunities you have to participate in charity or volunteer projects. You can help organize promotions or organize your own.
It is important to understand that volunteering is a free aid, not a part-time job. Fraudsters who impersonate charitable foundations often involve teenagers in collecting donations. They give them boxes to collect money on the streets or in transport, promising a percentage of the funds raised. Do not allow this - it is a deception and a bad experience for you, and for the child, and for society. Your child may be injured, caught by the police or simply in an awkward situation. If she doesn’t want to volunteer, help her choose an organization where she can fulfill her desire - for the benefit of others and for herself. And most importantly - it should be your own choice and fun, then everything is simple.
Other news in the Media section .