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Supporting Our Children
Immediate Steps to Spiritually Bolster Kids During the War
By Mimi Doe
A group of 12-year-old girls I know are busily crocheting cotton scarves for soldiers to help with the blowing sand conditions in the desert. Brainstorm other ideas for your family to help victims, make a difference in the world and foster hope.
Create Peace
Consider creating a new family ritual about peace or compassion. You can begin by simply lighting a candle each day set up on a special place in your kitchen. This could be your peace candle, and by lighting it, you are adding your tiny speck of positive light to the world. As you gather at the dinner table you might each share an image of beauty, peace or an expression of kindness from your day. You might sing a peace song with your young children at the end of the day.
Supply Nightly Good News Nuggets
Make sure to end the day with positive information. Generate an ongoing list of "Amazing Things in Our World." Start the list by noting your child's most cherished friends than vamp on the theme by including awesome facts about our world such as: In a single season, a large elm tree makes about six million leaves, and no matter how rough the ocean's surface appears, if you could look down into deep water you would find it calm and undisturbed by the troubles overhead.
Find Your Own Source of Comfort
We can't shield our kids from the chaos, confusion or conflict in the world. We can, however, give our children the gift of a parent who finds serenity within the sorrow, who remains grounded when the ground seems to quake beneath us. Our children learn how to handle hardships by observing us.
