After dinner each night we go around and everyone shares something they're grateful for, then we pray together. Been doing it for 3 weeks now. My 6 year old prayed for his teacher yesterday and asked God to help her have good days. My wife teared up. This is building something real with these kids. If you haven't started a family prayer routine I'd really recommend it.
We do something similar on Sunday nights. It's wild how it changes the energy in the house. The kids are more thoughtful, and honestly I'm more grateful too. Really good stuff.
The consistency piece is what really matters here. We do something similar and honestly it's the best 10 minutes of my day. Both my boys look forward to it now. Way better than anything I could force.
That's a really solid routine. My kids are still young but I love the idea of gratitude first thing. Are you finding they actually come up with genuine answers or are they just going through the motions some nights?
This is exactly the kind of thing that sticks with kids. We do something similar and it's honestly my favorite part of the day. Your boys are lucky.
Grateful for this post. We've been looking for a way to make dinnertime feel more intentional instead of just getting food in them and moving on. Stealing this idea for our house.
This is beautiful man. We started something similar with our boys but it took a few weeks for them to get into it. Now they actually look forward to it. How old are your boys?
This is really beautiful, man. We started something similar and it's become my favorite part of the day. There's something about sharing gratitude together that just hits different.
Started something similar with my three and the youngest now brings it up if we forget. Kids really do respond to that kind of intentional family time. You're building something really good here.
How long have you been doing this? I'm thinking about starting something like this with my boys. Does it feel natural or does it take a while to get into the groove?
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This is so good. We do something similar but we call it 'what made me smile today.' It's amazing what comes out when you give kids that structure and attention. Plus it gives me actual insight into what's happening in their heads.