Dr. King said, “There is something about love. It builds up...” Your family can build up love by looking for the good in each other’s character. Use love notes once a week. Write each member’s name at the top of each note. Pass one note to each member. Write a love note about the goodness of the member received. At dessert time read each love note aloud. Chat about how each note is true. In this slide share you’ll find examples of what family members wrote. Then see how kids paid it forward to friends outside the family. Like a ripple, may it spread to others near and far. Consider using this creative technique to look for the good in each other’s character. I think Dr. King would smile with approval. Gift: At www.KidsDiscuss.com insert code word NOTES and download 10 love notes. Copy as many times as you like.

1. Dr. Martin
Luther King’s
Dream – How
Kids Pay It
Forward
Seeing and Sharing
the Good in Others.

2. Looking for
the Worst in
Others
Is a Destructive
Mindset that
Hurts Kids.

3. Looking for
the Best in
Others
Is a Happy Mindset
that Helps Kids.

4. Looking for
the Best in
Others
Makes It Easy
to Like and Be
Liked.

5. Paying the
Good Forward
Is Easy Too:
“Maya, I love
your jokes.”

6. “Finding the Good”
Starts in Your Family
Once a Month Have a Compliment Weekend.
1. Tape the word “Compliments” in big letters on the fridge.
2. Challenge the members to find & share the good they
see in each other throughout the weekend.
3. At Sunday dinner, discuss what was said and how they felt.
Tell them to “Pay it Forward” to their teachers and friends.

7. Family
Compliments
3 Examples:
1. “Gabby, I love
how we talk to
each other. Our
bond is strong.”

8. 2. “Lukas, I like
how nicely you
treat me
around your
friends. “

9. 3. Daddy, I like
how patient
you are when
you help me.

10. 3 Examples of
Paying It
Forward to
Friends,
Classmates and
Teachers:

11. 1. “You’re my best friend
because you listen to my
ideas.”

12. 2. “We have fun because we
take turns when we play.”

13. 3. “You’re good at soccer
because you play fair.”

14. “When we look for the good
in others, we see the good in
their characters.”

15. When kids see the good in
others, they make Dr. King’s
Dream come true.

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