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Holiday Traditions: Please Pass the Stuffing and a Double Portion of Your Time

Traditions, we all remember them. Aunt tradition of giving of your resources and
Mary's traditional pecan pie at time to a charity or organization. Just
Thanksgiving...going to grandpa's house by showing a child firsthand that there
and climbing into his easy chair to smell are kids in their neighbordhood that are
the mixture of cigar smoke and sweet much less fortunate than they are will
smelling soap on Christmas morning. The put a whole new spin on their
reason we all remember traditions so well reality.Homeless shelters, soup kitchens
is because they were a staple of our and battered women's shelters are all
youth. A memory that became so ingrained excellent examples of places that need
in our minds that it has stuck with us. help and can teach your kids a valuable
Experts say that as we age and our lesson. Some children even begin looking
memories begin to fail, we tend to retain forward to serving at these places and
early childhood memories from our past vow to dedicate their lives to service
much longer than those memories created from these early experiences. Even if
just recently. If memories from our they do not enjoy volunteering, kids
childhood are so robust then we need to learn not to take everything for granted
begin creating positive memories in our in their own lives and become more
children's lives so they can cling to appreciative of their own blessings. A
them indefinately.Think of some of the tradition of giving of yourself and your
traditions you value in your own life. family is a great start, but you may have
These values and morals are what you want your own ideas of what traditions you
to instill in your own children's lives. want to begin. Think back to your
For myself, I would like to pass down a childhood and conjure up memories of
tradition of giving to my children that lessons you learned and what took place.
they can cling to in their adult years. Maybe it was visiting an aunt's farm to
For as long as I can remember, I have pick berries and feed the animals. Or
desired to show my kids how important the maybe it was camping out at a lake with
giving of my time, money or resources is. your family and catching your dinner.
Unfortunately, I have not taken the Start creating your own traditions now
action step of physically doing it. Just for your children, so they can have a
imagining our entire family volunteering storehouse of memories they can pass on
at a soup kitchen ... or even talking to to the next generation.Beth Rimstidt is a
my children about it seems nice but it is stay at home mom of two young children.
not enough. Kids need to see their She is passionate about helping parents
parents actually walking the walk, not teach children how to gain the favor of
just talking the talk.If your kids are God by learning his promises,character
starting to sound like a broken record at and laws. For further information visit
the store, begging for everything and to find free, kid friendly lessons that
whining when they don't receive it,then grab a child's attention while teaching
it may be time to begin a family them God's precious word.




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