Pitty Pawfessors - Humane Education

You guys!! Look at her! 14 and frolicking! I will always treasure my time with this girl.

Hi Everyone, Lucky here with a friendly reminder: When your kids are mailing a note to Santa - PLEASE skip the “Naughty and Nice” labels.

Momma and I watched a PSA today from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Find it and WAtCH IT!! (You’ll be glad you did)

It goes right along with my lesson that there are no bad kids! A kid may feel overwhelmed, angry, sad, insecure or tired and so they act out. But their behaviors DO NOT make them “bad”. And guilting them into behaving “nicely” doesn’t teach them to deal with their big feelings.

When I go into schools my lesson is about making mistakes, making bad choices, saying something mean, or lashing out and the importance of feeling our feelings, allowing our feelings, and forgiving ourselves.

Labels hurt!! And NO ONE deserves to get stuck in a label. So please skip the “naughty” and “nice” labels when speaking about Santa. (And all year through)

PS -One of my favorite accounts has a great post about this today too please check it out.

PPS- many dogs end up in the shelter because someone has labeled them too! (too old, too grumpy, too hyper, too growly, too destructive, too needy…you get the point.) Stop labeling your pets too! Help them, train them, and PLEASE keep your commitment to them.

Xoxo