One of Girls and Boys of Character’s pillars is caring.

Character is described as the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.

It can also be noted as a person’s spirit, mentality, disposition, temperament or nature.

Caring is displaying kindness and concern for others.

It is the work or practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves.

Children fall into this category, they are not able to care for themselves, no matter how much they think they can.

And if we all were to be honest and tell the truth, we all desire to be cared for or cared about.

Showing Concern

To children, our show of concern for them may not always be understood.  As parents we often hear after being told “No”, ‘that we don’t want them to have any fun’.

When that’s not the case.  We do want them to have fun, but we want them to have fun in a safe and wholesome way.

There may be times that the children will not easily receive the type of care we are giving them.  Because caring comes in different forms.

For instance, we show or display our care for them by holding them accountable for their actions.

In the past couple of weeks, we have increased our efforts of care by going ‘old school’.  (We’ll share more with you about that in weeks to come.)

For this generation of children, these efforts were seen as ‘being mean’, or ‘not kind’.

We’re holding them accountable for what they do as well as making sure they know what acceptable and unacceptable behavior is.

The staff at Girls and Boys of Character are committed to helping children be the best they can be. And if this means that we are no longer “liked”, we’ll take the hit for that.

We understand that they are not at the point where they understand that we are doing this for their good. One day they will.

There Is a Method to Our Method

Our approach will be new to children that are used to having their way, talking back or being disruptive, etc.  We’ll be patient and persistent with our approach.

For parents with children in GBOC, we are certain that your child will be discussing our approach. 

It’s For the Win Win

The benefits include the following:

Increase in responsibility for their actions.

Increase in self-awareness.

Increase in accountability for their actions.

Increase in the understanding and responsibility of GBOC in their lives.

Developing a new point of view or perspective about care.

Also, an increase in their desire to care for themselves as well as others.

Photo credit: Picture Chris Linnett