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Expressing gratitude is more than saying “thank you”
‘Tis the season – Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas – be grateful, give gifts, receive them, express gratitude. Yet what if our kids don’t appear to appreciate or even notice all they have in their lives and it feels like they take things for granted or are entitled? We can foster gratitude year round by noticing what we have or the deeds others have done for us, thinking about the meaning beyond the gift or the deed and appreciating the connection that gift giving can signify.