Safety Check-Point:

Be a Kind and Caring Kid!

Basic Information:

A Kind and Caring Kid is someone who treats others the way he or she wants to be treated.

Each child is a special person, with talents, abilities, and characteristics. It is important for children to know that they have value and worth and that they deserve respect from others---just as they give respect to others. Healthy self-esteem is different from haughtiness, self-centeredness, and conceit.

Tolerance is accepting the differences in others. This is a two-fold process:

• Recognize the differences in others.
• Respect the differences in others.

Intolerance often leads to conflict, bullying, and violence!!

Tolerance is a behavior that should be modeled by all parents, instructors, and other adults, so that children will learn this easily. Everyone should be Kind and Caring!

The curriculum goes into more detail on this subject.