To My Third Grader on World Kindness Day
An open letter to my son about kindness, his recent essay on gun control, and the importance of self-compassion.
Dear Gus,
Today, 13 November 2019, is “World Kindness Day.” I don’t know about you, but I think it’s pretty great that some countries set aside a whole day to think about what it means to be kind to other people.
Today is also the day that some members of the United States government begin looking into whether or not President Trump did some bad things as the president. It’s gonna take them a long time to figure that out and you might hear me and Mom talk about it some.
Ya know, a lot of people will have a lot to say about President Trump. Having a lot to say isn’t a bad thing, but sometimes, they won’t use the nicest words. For example, a Senator from Louisiana recently called a Congresswoman from California “dumb” in front of a big crowd. Even if the crowd were small, that wouldn’t make it right.
You know that name-calling, no matter how badly you might want to do it, is wrong and that we shouldn’t hurt other people with our words.
