If you asked the average parent to name what quality of character they expect might guarantee long-term happiness and success for their child, they might be likely to put kindness at the top of the list. We all want to raise our child as an everyday hero who understands what the “greater good” is and how they can uniquely contribute to it.
Luckily, it turns out you can raise your own kindly hero at the dinner table! Researchers have found that there are a number of skills you can build in yourself — and coach in your child over time — that greatly boost hero characteristics and capabilities: 1. Concern for the well-being of others; 2. Understanding other perspectives; 3. Possessing useful skills and strengths of character; 4. Possessing a strong moral compass; 5. Demonstrating competence and confidence; 6. Sensitively supporting an ability to face fear.
