Four Habits That Raise Helpful Kids

You can have rules on every wall… and still raise a child who doesn’t help unless they’re

told. <break time="0.6s" /> That’s because following rules isn’t the same as caring about others. <break time="0.6s" />

In this video, I’ll walk you through surprisingly clear research and the four helping

habits that move children from rule-following to helping on their own. <break time="0.6s" />

This comes from a 2023 study published in Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. <break time="0.6s" /> The research was

led by Nils Schuhmacher and his team at the University of Münster in Germany. <break time="0.6s" /> They worked with

152 children, mostly between ages 4 and 8, to understand how kids actually think

about helping others. <break time="0.6s" /> Instead of testing rules, the researchers used short,