Kindness Starts At Home

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We share how kindness becomes a daily practice that shapes character, lowers stress, and sets a clear example for our kids. From quick stories to practical ideas, we show why simple acts matter more than long talks and how to make kindness a home habit.

• parents as primary teachers of character
• modeling kindness through daily micro-acts
• emotional return and stress reduction from helping
• kindness as bridge across backgrounds and beliefs
• boosting self-esteem and creating good karma loops
• acting without expectation and staying authentic
• making kindness visible so kids copy the habit
• simple ways to practice in stores and service settings

Please show someone some kindness this week. Try to practice that every day.
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As Mom's we are more than nurturers we are Mentors to our children.

Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:01):
Hey ladies, welcome to the Mom to Mentor Podcast.
If this is your first timejoining, welcome or a week
listener.
You already know.
Thank you for your loyalty.
Hey, I'm gonna get right down toit today, and we're continuing

(00:23):
to talk about planting characterseeds within our children so
that they can grow up and besuccessful adults and understand
what some characters they needto display to be successful in
this life.
And it's not up to institutions,mom, to teach our children.

(00:44):
It is up to us as parents.
That's why I say we are morethan moms as far as being
nurturers and providers.
We are mentors as well.
Teaching our children should bewithin our four walls.
It should start with us becausethere are things schools are not

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going to teach our children.
So we have to do it on our own.
Guess what?
Here is the good news.
You can do it.
And I know, I hear you.
Where do I start?
I don't know what to do, how todo it.
Well, that's why I'm here.

(01:26):
To be your mentor.
As an older mom and raising twochildren, I've learned a lot
along the way.
I wish I knew back then.
Raising my children.
And it really was a lot offilling around in the dark with
teaching them.
And again, high expectation atthat time.

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Oh, I'll just send them toschool.
I'll send them to church and letthem learn that way.
And then if necessary, I'll comebehind the school and the church
and I'll just reinforce whatthey learned, right?
But no, it didn't work out thatway.
Mostly it was because I wasdoing a lot of correcting of my
children, of things they weretaught by other people that

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didn't align with my householdrules.
As a mom, and now knowing what Iknow, I definitely want to pay
it forward to put you in abetter position than what I was.
All right, with that said, whatam I talking about today?
I'm talking about plantingkindness.

(02:36):
Yes, planting kindness andreally giving you an overall
definition of what that is, andthen explaining why we need to
do this, why we need to educateour children about kindness.
And here's the good news it'sgonna be really easy because

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you're not gonna have to reallysit down and talk to them about
it.
You just have to show it.
Yeah, because we're visualpeople.
We pay more attention to what wesee than what we hear.
I'm gonna go through some areasof why we need to be kind and
the benefits of being kind.

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Showing kindness to others isperhaps the most popular phrase
humans throw about withoutreally committing to it.
Many don't even really know whatit means in the first place.
Simple acts of kindness, such asgiving a compliment and offering
someone your seat, all go a longway in making a difference in

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someone's life.
It really does.
A few months ago, I was at adrive-thru at a restaurant, and
the young lady saw my keychain,and it was made out of pearls,
and she said, Oh, that's myfirst name as well.
And that's really cute.

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So guess what?
I took off that keychain andgave it to her.
She was like, Are you serious?
Oh no, don't do that.
I was like, No, if it makes youhappy, here you go.
That made my day by making herday.
That's the kind of act ofkindness that we should do and
we should portray, and reallyjust going above and beyond to

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make someone else's day.
Again, I'm just gonna go throughthe benefits of being kind.
You take what you need from itand put it in action.
One of the benefits of beingkind is emotional return for
minimal effort.

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Kindness has such a way ofmaking people happy that it
offers a tremendous emotionalreturn for minimal effort.
Kindness is contagious.
Yes.
If we have to catch something,let's catch kindness.
Every day you have theopportunity to make the world

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better by being kinder than youwere yesterday.
Once someone else sees that,they should pay it forward to
someone else and imagine yourkids see you doing it.
They're going to startpracticing that as well.
Kindness builds bridges.

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Kindness is a bridge thatconnects people from different
backgrounds, races, andcultures.
Kindness starts in the home,mom, with parents cultivating a
sense of empathy in theirchildren.
Schools will not teach this, butif we teach it at home, we're

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setting that foundation ofdeveloping mature children and
responsible children and notbeing selfish.
You get nothing out of beingselfish.
Kindness helps lift mentalblocks.
Kindness has a way of healingour souls from deep within.

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Mental blocks such as emotionalstress, low self-esteem can all
be lifted by acts ofself-kindness and kindness to
others.
And as a person that grew upwith low self-esteem, it does

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make a difference when you arekind to someone else.
You get an immediate boost withhappy.
Because you've made somebodyelse happy.
And anyone that doesn't get animmediate boost from making
someone else happy, there's adeeper issue going on there.

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I don't care how low yourself-esteem is, if you're able
to make someone else happy,you're on your way to a good day
and a better week.
Once you start it, it's hard tostop.
And I'm just speaking formyself.
Whenever I do acts of kindness,it's it's virals.
It grows.

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And I'm always looking to seehow I can make someone else's
day.
Once you start and getting inthat rotation, it's just gonna
come natural.
It's also stress reduction.
More often than not, stress inour everyday lives occurs as a

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result of mental blocks.
We are so drained that our bodyhas no choice but to react and
shut down.
Now, while there are quite a fewways to try and lift this block,
very few are as effective asbeing kind.
Kindness produces a sense ofpride in us, which makes us feel

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good about ourselves and listen,whatever psychological stress we
may be experiencing at themoment.
Just be kind.
If you're going to the store andyou see someone in a mobile
cart, they may not be able toreach up to that top shelf, and

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yet you're able to walk in anddo your grocery shopping.
It takes nothing but a hotsecond to say, can I help you
reach something off the topshelf?
It's just that easy.
I had a gentleman about twoweeks ago.
He came in and he was oncrutches and he was going to get

(08:46):
one of the motorized scooters.
And all right, sir, can I helpyou with anything?
Unplug it, unplug it.
I just felt the need to offerassistance to him.
He said, No, thank you.
I appreciate it.
Thank you for being catch this.
So kind.
Again, real simple and to thepoint, ladies, that you don't

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have to do a whole lot to bekind.
And the good news is if yourkids are watching, they're gonna
take that and pay it for itbecause I saw mom do it.
It's a self-esteem booster.
The gratitude we receive frompeople we show kindness to, the

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pride we feel in ourselves formaking someone's day, and the
joy we see in their eyes can allgo a long way in helping us feel
better about ourselves.
It is good karma.
We always talk about bad karma.
What goes around comes around.

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Well, what about good karma?
And remember, I said as I washelping a gentleman with the
motor cart in the grocery store.
Notice I said, I don't need oneyet.
But if I do eventually have toget one, I'm hoping that there
will be some kind people outthere that will say, Hey, can I
help you with this?

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Is there anything I can do foryou?
Kindness provides clarity.
The importance of clarity cannotbe overstated, as it can help us
set us on a path towardsunprecedented achievements in
life.
Yeah.
And we all want to besuccessful.

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And most of this starts with usjust being kind.
And I don't mean fake kind.
I'm talking about authentickindness.
You don't have to think aboutit.
That's what it means to beauthentically kind.
Kindness can brighten up someoneelse's day.

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It is impossible to overestimatethe joy that a simple act of
kindness can bring to someoneelse's life because you don't
know what people are goingthrough.
And just for one person todisplay an act of kindness can
make a huge difference.

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Never underestimate the kindnessthat you are able to provide
because it can have such a hugeimpact on someone else.
Life is to live and love fully.
Kindness is to be kind withoutthe expectation of receiving

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kindness in return.
Now I know that's gonna be hardfor some people.
Well, I did this, so I expect,no.
Again, when we talk aboutauthentic kindness, we don't
expect it in return.
This should be an authenticpractice that we display every
day, not every now and then.

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Every day, you should be able toseek out and how you can display
kindness to someone or be kindto someone if it's nothing but
smile and say, have a good day.
Especially in the serviceindustry.
Folks get beat up by otherpeople, but they never hear

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people coming back and saying,thank you.
I hope you have a good day.
I hope your day gets better.
Being kind actually increasesyour lifespan, so they say.
And I can believe that becauseit helps reduce stress, which
stress is a top killer becauseit impacts our heart and other

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organs in our body.
But when you are lightheartedand you're kind, I can see how
that can increase your lifespan.
If you want to live a long time,practice being kind.
Let it be a daily part of yourlife.
If you want to live a long life,it eases that stress that you're

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experiencing.
Kindness is the perfect examplefor the younger generation.
Hmm, who could we be talkingabout there?
Our kids.
We need to show them that it'sgood to be kind even when
they're not getting anything inreturn.
And many times you won't.

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And you accept that.
But it's the fact that you havethis particular character trait
of being kind.
That's what matters.
And that's what we need to showour kids.
And that's how we cultivate it.
That's how we grow it.
And again, you don't have to sitdown with your children and say,

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look, this is what it means tobe kind.
Let them see you do it.
And I guarantee you, like Isaid, it's contagious.
It's gonna grab hold because ourkids pay attention to what they
see.
This is not a difficult task.
Finally, the summary of justbeing kind.

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Once we master kindness, weelevate ourselves, those around
us, and our society as well.
No other human action offerssuch comprehensive benefits with
absolutely no side effects.

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Mom, I hope you found value inthis episode.
If you did, tell another mom.
Tell another parent.
This is mom to mentor, but maybethere's some dads out there
that's trying to do better withtheir parenting skills as well.
I heard a while ago you shouldhave a call to action at the end
of each episode.

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And sometimes I do and sometimesI don't, but today I do.
And that call to action isplease show someone some
kindness this week.
Try to practice that every day.
I guarantee you, it's gonna makeyou feel so much better.

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Irregardless of what you'regoing through, you forget about
it when you start practicingkindness to someone else.
Ask me how I know.
I do practice kindness andcompassion.
It doesn't matter race, gender,age.

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Just be kind.
It makes a world of difference.
All right, moms.
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All right, ladies.
Have a great day, a great week.
Take care.