Should We Require Children to Be Thankful?
We Must Teach our Children to Be Thankful! Writing Assignment in Lori Despain's Writing Class Last Week Just Before the Turkey Trot at Mortensen Elementary School Last Week Did you know that there are opposing views out there? It is hard to believe that there is a field of thought that the practice of encouraging our children to be thankful is (in some way) not validating their independence and autonomy over their lives. Check out this quote: "Turns out that not all people benefit from some gratitude practices. Having adolescents simply keep lists of things that they are thankful for doesn't always increase their happiness and well-being in the ways that we would expect, based on the adult gratitude research. Why?" "Many young teens are at that stage in their development where they are grasping for independence. So doing something that reminds them of how dependent they are on others, as gratitude practices can, might threaten their perception that they're ...