Kids can’t know how blessed they are unless they have a basis for comparison. We need to give our children the gift of a wider world view. Take them to a soup kitchen instead of to the mall. Become the secret Santa for a needy family. Show by example that gratitude isn’t about stuff — which ultimately can’t make any of us happy anyway. It’s about realizing how lucky you are.

　　Set up a family ritual at bedtime where kids describe three things that made them grateful. When kids go off to college, you can text them a picture of something that inspires your appreciation each week. Whether it’s a friend, a snowflake, or a sunset, the spirit of the photos will help you and them see the world differently.

　　Teaching children to focus on the positive and appreciate the goodness in their lives is perhaps the greatest gift we can give them. And we can all learn together that the things that really matter aren’t on sale at a department store.

　　32. Children express no thanks for gifts because _______.

　　A. they regard them as an “exchange relationship”

　　B. they think badly of the gifts

　　C. children are not as considerate as adults

　　D. gifts are not what they expect

　　33. Parents should make the kids know how blessed they are by _______.

　　A. buying them a cellphone

　　B. becoming the secret Santa for a needy family

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