World Kindness Day: Joanna Fortune on how to teach your child to be kind

Small actions can make a big difference in the lives of others 

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Saturday is World Kindness Day, a global day first launched in 1998 that promotes the importance of being kind to yourself, to each other and to the world. The purpose is to promote the understanding that compassion for others is what binds us all together.

This special day is a good prompt for parents to think about how to help children realise that their kind little actions can make a big difference – and that these actions have the power to change lives. So how can we promote kindness in kids?