Parents Talk: How Do You Teach Your Child to Be Giving?

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In the coming months, we will also be organizing a Parents Council that will help answer some of your questions and offer practical, real world solutions. The council will consist of experts (i.e. other parents) who can speak firsthand about everything from potty training to the best pediatricians to surviving driver’s education with a teenager.

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This week's discussion topic:

Over the holiday weekend, we had a few opportunities to teach our three children about giving. They're 5, 3 and 3 but I don't think it's ever too early to talk about charity. I will admit, I was somewhat surprised at how eager and willing they were to give to others and was very proud when they did.

So this week's Parents Talk question is, how do you teach your children about charity? What have you done with your children, or maybe what do your children do, to give back?