Being Kind to Ourselves and Others
Thoughts for the Week:
It takes time for children to come
to understand that they can affect other people's feelings by being kind or
unkind. Adults can help children learn that being kind means trying to
understand how other people feel.
Being kind to oneself is something people need to learn early in life, too.
Exercising is one way to be kind to our bodies. Taking good care of ourselves
is very important. Children learn to take good care of themselves when they
know that someone is taking good care of them. As caregivers, you have the
great opportunity of showing your kindness through the care you give to
children each day.
-- Fred Rogers
Summary of the Week:
Being kind means responding to the needs of
others. There's another level of kindness in this week's programs, and
that is being kind to ourselves through exercising and taking care of our
bodies.
In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, King Friday
XIII reacts unkindly because he fears that his son, Prince Tuesday, is having
too much fun at school. He sends for a private tutor -- special guest
Tommy Tune, who enchants the neighbors with his dancing and teaches the King a
royal lesson about kindness -- and about learning.
