{"id":1838,"date":"2024-04-03T16:34:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:14:26","slug":"how-to-create-a-positive-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/how-to-create-a-positive-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create A Positive Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/love-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1839\" style=\"width:414px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/love-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/love-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/love-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/love-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/love.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Goal    <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-09d58bbbec7da65b7b3509158a87a6b6\">One of the goals of Love You, Kid is to improve the environment of our children. What do I mean by environment? The 1954 poem \u201cChildren Learn What They Live\u201d by Dorothy Law Nolte perfectly captures the definition of a challenging environment and that of a healthy environment. Each one of us can make a powerful difference in a kid\u2019s life. We have a responsibility to make that difference healthy, positive, and nurturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Children Learn What They Live by Dorothy Law Nolte<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0c74af90166e5eb54c69f743988109f9\">If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.<br>If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.<br>If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.<br>If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.<br>If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.<br>If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.<br>If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate.<br>If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.<br>If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.<br>If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.<br>If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and others.<br>If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4fcf362085e934460beb0b1974bed83e\">What are your children living?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ceb4ed086a343f2a1f22e21b8fb57f99\">Questions or comments, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/index.php\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">me<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/index.php\/contact\/\" title=\"\">. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mark-Steinberg_headshot_2019_cropped-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-658\" style=\"width:221px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mark-Steinberg_headshot_2019_cropped-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mark-Steinberg_headshot_2019_cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mark-Steinberg_headshot_2019_cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mark-Steinberg_headshot_2019_cropped-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mark-Steinberg_headshot_2019_cropped-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loveyoukid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mark-Steinberg_headshot_2019_cropped-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce1099779567c3edc69dde1bcc5212ae\">To learn more about Dorothy Law Nolte click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rootsofaction.com\/children-learn-what-they-live-lessons-from-dorothy-law-nolte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the goals of Love You, Kid is to improve the environment of our children. 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