Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Apologizing With Kindness


--by Rippleffect, posted Feb 25, 2016
A few weeks ago one of you wonderful people posted an idea for anti- bullying. I took that suggestion and used it in my classroom today.

The little person who is holding the heart had laughed at one of our developmental students who had been crying. So this little guy made a heart using the letters of the other child's name for a positive message.

On the back he drew a picture of him playing kindly with the sad child. Then he went down and gave the heart to the wronged child. I was so happy that he took ownership by apologizing very sweetly. As an added bonus we had done a meditation early in the morning about compassion and sending love to others. Best lesson I taught today! As always thanks for inspiring me! XO

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Readers Comments

splain wrote: You are such a role model for these children. What an amazing teacher. They are learning and doing it well
savraj wrote: You are such an inspiring teacher. You students will surely benefit! Imagine the ripples!
kjoyw wrote: Wonderful way to handle this. You are one inspirational teacher!
mindyjourney wrote: LOVE this, my friend <3. thank you for guiding children to a deeper, more meaningful learn!
info66 wrote: Awesome! Hope it sticks and they do this again some other time ^_^
KindMyst wrote: Wow, very impressive.
terre wrote: A day you can look back on and know you helped make a difference! And that's what makes teaching so wonderful! Thank you.
pluto178 wrote: Well done him it took some courage. x
spreadlove wrote: This was the best thing I read today.Wonderful initiative.
lya348 wrote: Huge props for using this suggestion so effectively in your classroom. Sure the bullied child felt some healing from the experience.

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