Learning with Sherry

⚠️ With increasing levels of stress and pressure because of what's happening, 4 of us have come together to provide an online open access meeting to all those affected.
We will practice stress management exercises together and answer your questions with regards to dealing with stress, sleep, appetite, and supporting children emotionally during this crisis.
⬆️ Please register through the form to receive your meeting invitation. Link in bio.
❓Send us your questions through our question boxes in our stories.

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Would you say you are a kind and compassionate person? ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴇʟᴏᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ!

❌ 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 confuse being kind and compassionate with "being nice". Being kind is about the actions coming from personal values and beliefs in helping others and loving them. Being nice is about wanting to please others which is coming from a belief that this is the only way they will accept you. Being nice makes you live your life trying to please people and getting manipluated by them in the process. Just thought it was important to mention that as a recovering people pleaser myself before you read further.

❤️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱?
At its core, researchers suggest that kindness is a gesture or action motivated by genuine, warm feelings for others.

💜 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲?
Among emotion researchers, having compassion is defined as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another’s suffering and feel motivated to relieve that suffering.

🤟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 is similar to 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 in that it involves feeling empathy and a desire to help, but specifically in the context of the suffering, hardship or distress of others and so acts of kindness in difficult times may often come from a place of compassion.

Being 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 and 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 people can be one of the most important goals humans live towards. And it goes without saying that kindness positively impacts those we are kind to.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 BEING kind is also linked to increased wellbeing and life satisfaction for people of all ages.

It is our job to raise kind and compassionate children in an age of entitlement and a me-first culture. We want them to be considerate of others, to understand the impact of their words and actions, to see other people's persepctives, and to be accepting and respectful to all people with all their abilities and differences.

How do you teach kindness and compassion to your kids?

𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔!

Introduction to ABA Therapy مقدمة عن العلاجات المبنية على علم تحليل السلوك التطبيفي A video for parents interested to know more about therapies based on the science of Applied Behavior Analysis and how it could be useful for their children, ...