As we're getting out of the car at the grocery store, the box of pop a lady was carrying to her car opened. I sent Monster over to help while I was getting Sunshine out of the car. Sunshine yelled, "I want to help, too!" . Lots of people were walking by, but we were the only ones who stopped to help. After we helped her get the pop into her car and we were headed into the store, Monster quietly says to me, "Mommy, we did a good deed". I decided to use this as a teachable moment. We stop. I get down to his level and look him in the eye. I tell him we did and I ask him how it made him feel. He told me it made him feel good. Sunshine, not wanting to be outdone yells (because she does nothing quietly), "It make me feel good, too!". Then I asked Monster how he thought we made the lady feel. He responded, "Glad that someone helped her." Then I asked if something like that happened to us if he would want someone to help us. He told me that would be nice. I then pointed out that we do good things because not only do they make others feel good, but they make us feel good as well.
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