Generosity

Web Resources Related to Generosity that Parents and Teachers Can View/Discuss with their Older Children.

(For best results, Google the bolded words for each article or video)

The Power of Gratefulness– Robert Emmons discusses the power of gratitude. Gratitude has the power to heal, the power to energize, and the power to change lives.  His research demonstrates that grateful people tend to lead happier lives.

Should You Live For Your Resume…..or Your Eulogy?– David Brooks argues that each of us has within us, two selves- one devoted to collecting achievements (resume writing) and one devoted to building a eulogy through connection, community, and love.  Brooks considers how we might balance these two selves.

Random Acts of Kindness Caught on Film– Five minute video exactly as titled.

Kids with Character: Generosity– A student describes her experience with generosity- that it brings happiness to the giver as well as the recipient and how the benefits can grow into a fuller community of love and respect.

Giving: The Best Gift of All– Article written by the Center for Parenting Education shares ways that parents can teach their children generosity and help to move the “Me Generation” to a “Giving Generation”.

What Makes a Good Life- Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness– Robert Waldinger is the current director of a long-term study on happiness.  The Harvard Study of Adult Development began over 75 years ago, tracking 724 men.  Year after year, the men were asked questions about their work, their home lives, and their health.  75 years later, 60 men were still being tracked, all of them in their 90s and the study group has gone on to track 2,000 children of the men.  Among their conclusions, the researchers discovered that happiness is not about wealth, fame, and high achievement, but rather about good relationships.  People who were more connected to family, to friends, to people are healthier, happier, and live longer.

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