LIFE AS IT IS

Many of us donate money, time, and belongings to good causes every year, and it is the least we can do for those who are less fortunate. However, acts of giving should not only be performed by adults, our children, too, should be taught about the importance of giving. It was only after my daughter started going to school that I realised how important it is to ingrain in a child the significance of helping those in need. The Daily Star link My three-year-old daughter goes to a pre-school in the United States, where they teach children about giving from the tender age of two. In her very first semester, my daughter's class teachers asked her and other students to bring loose change from home to donate. Every day, for two weeks, the children dropped coins, brought from home, into a jar that was placed outside their classroom. My daughter's school is relatively small but together they collected $386 last year, which they used to purchase treadle pumps, tree saplings, a g...