As a parent, you have a lot of influence on your children’s future behavior. Whether you like it or not, your children are more than likely going to follow in your footsteps, at least partially, so it’s important that you teach your kids about giving starting at a young age.
Whether you are rich or poor, you need to instill a sense of generosity in your children. One way would be to have a family meeting every year and take a vote on which charity or organization your family is going to support that year. By involving your kids and encouraging them to use some of their own money as well, they will feel that they are making a difference in the world. Feel free to change the charity every year based on the decisions of the family as a whole.
I will never look at a homeless person the same way again. Although in the past I had volunteered in a place where I rubbed shoulders with homeless people, I could never really fully imagine what it might be like to be homeless. But once I read this book, I was able to get a secondhand glimpse of what it is like to be homeless. Their life is far from easy, and it’s good to know that there are ways we can help them out.