Appropriate age group(s):
Preschool on up

Values taught:
Positive attitude
Leadership (by setting a good example)

Description of technique for teaching kids values:
Someone said, "laughter is the best medicine" and it's especially true when you make a mistake. Our lives are so busy and we get so caught up in what we are doing. Mistakes are bound to happen. How will you choose to handle them? With anger and frustration or with a sense of humor and laughter?

Teach your children to have a sense of humor. Laugh every day and laugh at yourself. When you make a mistake, look for the humor in the situation. People around you will respond much better to laughter than to negativity. And here's a bonus! Laughter stimulates good chemicals in your body that can help make you a healthier person.