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MAB:

It is so good to know about companies like yours with such deeply positive intentions. I am playing your "Sharing Kindness" game over Zoom with my granddaughter she and I each have a set so we can play together. It is boxed so beautifully and the cards are stunning. Please share a little about your inspiration for the game.

TB:

Thank you! By rooting the stories they tell themselves in kindness, resilience, and self-worth--it's what makes the difference!

Most affirmations out there use complicated language or concepts that just don't resonate with kids. So, I decided to create my own affirmation cards with simple yet powerful story elements, language, and emotionally aware characters my kids could get invested in.

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I also wanted to create an emotionally aware space for children to learn about their emotions, and to empower them with skills to feel safe to talk about how they feel by learning through characters doing the same.

My mission is to empower kids for a kinder tomorrow by giving their parents the tools to feel confident in themselves - that is what creates an environment with a positive mindset for their children.

I want to help kids approach their problems and emotions with compassion, treat themselves and others with kindness, feel a strong sense of self-worth, and become resilient in a world that doesn't always serve their best interests.

MAB:

These are such excellent skills for kids to learn at early ages!

I love your advent calendars, they are stunning...they feel so good to touch, the artwork is lovely, and they certainly impart your sense of dedication to excellence and intention. You sold over 14,000 of these calendars in 2022 that's a lot of spreading kindness around! And you add a new calendar every year, I can't wait to see what you design for next year! Please share with readers what else is special about them.

TB:

Thank you!

Our kindness advent calendars include several activities: doors to open with suggestions for easy-to-do kindness activities and a high quality, reusable sticker for decorating the full page holiday scene n the calendar, plus 25 scratch-off positive affirmations to empower you and your family in a fun, interactive way.

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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)
 

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