Advice To All Parents: Teach Your Children How To Be Givers, Not Takers

Parents are obsessive about their children achieving goals in academics, sports and their career path. But it is also equally important to teach them to help others, to give others what they can and continue to do so in the path of life.

A young Arizonan, Kai Martin, who is spending his Christmas holidays contributing food items for a shelter home. His Mother, Shannon Bodnar has always been encouraging his child to do charity and she herself has always been an inspiration to his son. Bodnar tells that her son has always been into philanthropy according to The Globe and Mail.

The author of the book "Hardwiring Happiness" and a psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson says that generous acts have a long lasting effect on the brain's developmental process. Parents of about 78 percent children in the US, told that they are encouraged by their parents to donate their stuff. Parents, however, should realize the difference between pushing children to do something and making the act of giving as part of their nature.

The latter could be achieved by some examples such as parents should help others in front of their kids, may it be social or economic. Parents should be the child's role model. Parents should make children understand that it's not always necessary to give money, time and effort equally mean the same. It is feasible for parents to tell children to use their holidays to engage in charitable activities but at the same time, charity should not remain a holiday thing.

Reuters also adored the kind acts of Kai, as his philanthropy is not just a matter of holidays. For the past four years, he has been asking people to donate money to leukemia and lymphoma society, instead of giving him presents on his birthday. He has raised an amount of 6,700 dollars through Crowdrise.