{"id":17421,"date":"2012-03-19T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=17421"},"modified":"2016-06-22T11:39:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:39:45","slug":"nurturing-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/nurturing-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurturing Appreciation w\/ Handwritten Thank You Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"
People have often told me how impressed they were to have received a hand-written, personal ‘thank you’ card from my daughter. My child is not just naturally appreciative and this, like most things, takes effort to instill. Here are a few tips to help your child get in this good habit:<\/p>\n
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1. Set the example.<\/strong> 2. Let them express themselves.<\/strong> 3. Choosing stationary.<\/strong> 4. Do it together.<\/strong> We always try to teach our kids how important it is to SAY ‘thank you’ but teaching them how to SHOW it is a wonderful gift that they can share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" People have often told me how impressed they were to have received a hand-written, personal ‘thank you’ card from my daughter.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nYou cannot tell your kids to send thank you cards when you don’t do it. When you sit down to write a few notes, invite your child to sit with you and maybe ask them to add a small drawing of their own.<\/p>\n
\nIn the beginning, they can start off with a simple ‘Dear So-and-So’, ‘Thank you for ____’, and ‘From ____’. Encourage stickers and doodles on the card itself and on the envelope. Later, their expressions of gratitude will grow and they will WANT to write more.<\/p>\n
\nIt makes my daughter excited to write cards when it is a design she chose herself. When it’s a card she likes, I always notice a slight smile as she begins to write and a subtle giddiness to share it with the person she is addressing it to.<\/p>\n
\nFor the past 6-7 years, we make it a point to sit down together and write out a few cards at a time. I will have my list of people I need to thank (on behalf of myself and the family) and she will have hers. I usually give her some paper to practice what she wants to write and she’ll run it by me to see if it’s okay.<\/p>\n