Recently we’ve started playing a little game around our house; often it’s played at the kitchen table. Each person will say something they like about the person next to them. This is one of the ways we are teaching and reinforcing the characteristic of kindness that we want to see in our children. (I wrote a post about the ten characteristics we want to see in our children and some ideas for instilling them. You can read it here.)

Anyhow, this morning it was one of “The Ladies” turn to tell me something that she likes about me. She turned to me and said, “Dad, I like your armpits.”

Wow.