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The team behind the new Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay movie, Wonder, would love to hear your top tips for raising a kind child. The film really showcases how - as one MNer who has seen the film - says “a little bit more kindness in the world would be no bad thing”. Another Mumsnetter who saw a preview screening said “the issues raised are really important for all of us to [be] reminded of. Standing up to things that are wrong (even when it makes us unpopular), and always being kind - how many of us always live up to that?” here

Here's the synopsis: “starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay and based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to find their compassion and acceptance, Auggie's extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.”

Wonder is rated PG & open NOW

Watch the trailer here:

So how do you encourage your child to be kind to others? Please share your top tips and experiences of kindness from your child...has your child received a reward for kindness, have they gone out of the their way to show kindness to other children or have they had a period of not being kind but have come through it and learnt how important kindness is.

Add your comment to this thread and you will be entered into a prize draw where one winner will get a £300 voucher for the store of choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck
MNHQ

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WONDER stars ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER JULIA ROBERTS (Eat Pray Love), ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE OWEN WILSON (Midnight in Paris), JACOB TREMBLAY (Room), MANDY PATINKIN (‘Homeland’)and IZABELA VIDOVIC (Homefront). Directed by STEPHEN CHBOSKY (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) the screenplay is written by STEPHEN CHBOSKY (Beauty and the Beast) and STEVEN CONRAD (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) and JACK THORNE (‘This is England ’90’) based on the New York Times bestseller WONDER by R.J PALACIO

explain that not everyone is the same but to make friends with everyone no matter how they look or act

I always encourage my children to be kind and think of others not just themselves. At Christmas we bake biscuits and share them with our neighbours. I also encourage them to help elderly neighbours in their gardens over the summer.

Teach your children empathy, to see both sides, to always imagine walking in another person's shoes before condemning them and to value other people's opinions as much as their own.

I teach my boys to treat everyone else how they would expect to be treated themselves, everybody is welcome, I encourage them to do activities such as Scouts, Ruggerkids, football etc to encourage team work,

Praising kind words and actions is a good way to start. I believe that you should set a good example yourself so your child has a good role model.

children learn kindness like learning manners by example

Children learn by example so I think kindness is like manners - so modelling kindness yourself and reinforcing
by pointing out any kind gestures or acts by either other people or themselves

I make a huge deal when one of my kids has shown kindness and show how proud I am.

You have to lead by example in my opinion. And make it clear when they are unkind and that's not acceptable

By demonstrating kindness ourselves when around the children :-)

I think good manners and kindness should be taught from a young age. I always make my children go back and repeat an action if they have not done it with kindness.

Be a good role model and kids will follow by example!

My ds (3) is undergoing diagnosis for ASD and struggles with the social aspects of life. We always demonstrate how to be kind by sharing with other children on days out but he often struggles to understand. I just hope others will be kind to him as he grows up because he is the kindest boy who just wants people to be happy.

I constantly tell my children what is kind and what isn't and why. Kindness is my number one objective and I want them to feel the same

I came on this thread for advice more than anything else! I think kindness is so important and a very important trait to encourage.

At the moment I just hope that my own efforts to be kind and recognise kindness when I see it are demonstrating the value of this quality to my kids. Truthfully though, it sometimes takes a lot of thought and effort to be kind, and it can sometimes be too easy to do something - even very small - which is a little unkind. Not by intent, but maybe through carelessness or just being in a rush! I try to be really honest about mistakes I’ve made and explain how I could have been kinder when I’ve got something wrong too.

Teach young ones to treat others like they would want to be treated.

I wouldn't say I teach my son to be kind, he just is, however, this could be because I always try to say please, thankyou and demonstrate good manners and common decency. I also point out to him that if he were unkind to someone just to imagine how it might feel to be on the receiving end of that, to put himself in their shoes.

I just keep reiterating to my kids to be kind and how they wouldn't like it if someone was nasty to them to try and keep it in their heads!

I think it’s important to lead by example x

I’m proud of how kind my daughter is, if she feels someone is being picked on at school she will always stand by them & make sure they are ok

Get them involved with giving to charity

Absolutely agree with most of the above comments I think it's really important as an adult to be kind at all time and lead by example, and I praise my children whenever I see or hear of them being kind

You have to lead by example and point out kindness when you see it, its learnt by what they see and experience

Just encouragig and praising even the smallest acts of kindness!

i try to get the children to put themselves in other peoples positions and think how they wold feel. it helps them understand