Parenting with Compassion and Candy (Halloween Candy, That Is) #011

Perspective and context often allow us to be more compassionate with people. The more we know of their story, the more we can see the good in them and the more we can understand the challenges they have overcome and continue to face.

We spend some time talking about how we would like to be more generous in offering compassion to each other, to our kids, to our friends and neighbors, and to strangers. And, we discuss how compassion towards others starts with self-compassion: being more gentle with our selves and being less of a self-critic.

Then we take a Halloween detour and debate the best way to both avoid Halloween candy surviving till next Summer and teach our kids how to be generous with something that is extremely important to them (i.e., candy!).

The Stat of the Week comes from the National Retail Federation (NRF) blog (Halloween shopping trends: Then and now), and we find out about:

• Which age group is most likely to celebrate Halloween
• How much money is expected to be spent on the holiday this year
• What are the most popular pet costumes