{"id":146035,"date":"2023-03-14T11:23:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/?p=146035"},"modified":"2023-03-14T11:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:23:25","slug":"how-to-raise-compassionate-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/articles\/topics\/parenting\/foundations\/character-development\/how-to-raise-compassionate-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Raise Compassionate Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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None of us will parent perfectly, so let\u2019s take that pressure right off our shoulders. But in parenting, we are always teaching our children\u2014whether we model life indirectly (as they watch and then model after us) or teach directly (\u201cThis is how we do it\u201d). We all desire to teach our children things that will make them better siblings, friends, and someday, adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how do we raise compassionate kids?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As parents, we wish we could share with you the formula we used for our two daughters to grow up to be 30-something, lovely, compassionate women. But the formula wasn\u2019t ours, it was God\u2019s. God gave them an older brother (and He gave us a wonderful son!) with special needs.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At age 12, our oldest daughter told us that she would want to care for her brother when she grew up and we weren\u2019t here any longer. We\u2019re certain our own thoughts at that age would never have been in that direction\u2014such maturity and compassion this young lady had. Our younger daughter eased more into that way of thinking \u2026 probably because she was the one he picked on most over the years! Yet, as she grew up, she and her older sister were always looking after him and paying attention to how others treated not only him, but others like him.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Compassionate kids are kids who see it modeled<\/h2>\n\n\n

We\u2019d love to think we had steps 1-2-3 on how to raise compassionate kids, but the truth is we hope they saw us show it not only to our family, but to others in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our goals were to help others by:<\/p>\n\n\n