Good Deeds & Family Fights

Have you started doing more good deed towards the holidays? Dangerous Dave looks at a poll that says we are more givings as we get closer to the end of the year. Plus, family holiday fights and what subjects to avoid.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Please, he's deeper in the den with dangerous deed. Well,
we're entering the season of giving perfect opportunity to be
generous and to compensate for the last three seasons of selfishness.
In a new poll, forty three percent of Americans said
they're actively doing more good deeds before the end of
twenty twenty four. That is, to make up for the
rest of the year. It includes stuff like volunteering and

(00:22):
donating sediment is more common among younger generations. Fifty nine
percent of Gen z ers and millennials are planning to
do more good as we approach twenty twenty five, compared
to thirty seven percent of Gen xers and boomers. But
the younger generation also report to have done more charity
early in the year. Nineteen percent of them said they'd
give themselves an A for doing good deeds they've done

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so far this year, compared to just ten percent of
older folks. Average person plans to spend eight hours a
week on pursuits of good now through the end of
the year. But grading yourself on how you think you've
done is that really a fair assessment? Wouldn't that depend
upon your personality or age? Depending upon I've done enough.
I think I've done a good job. Deeper in the

(01:05):
two Holidays Keep it up means family fighting, and there
are some main topics that can start fights, and there's
some ways to avoid them. A new poll found forty
percent of families deal with open disagreements during the holidays.
Without factoring in the election, politics was the number one
topic that can start a fight, but it didn't win
by much the top three. Politics was number one, followed

(01:25):
by family dynamics and past grievances, and a tie between
relationships and finances. So arguing about those usually pointless. There's
another reason to avoid them. There's one in a three
chance it will become an all out war for you.
A poll found a third of holiday fights end up
escalating into lasting riffs that can impact relationships for years.

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My question is, can't we all just get along to me?
They can. For another episode of Deeper in the Den
with Dangerous Dave light Year,