It’s easy to believe the world is getting harsher, but science keeps telling a different story: humans come into the world wired for kindness.

UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner—founder of the Greater Good Science Center and a scientific advisor on Pixar’s Inside Out—calls it our biological signature. You see it in toddlers helping strangers, in babies soothing others in distress, and in brain scans showing that generosity lights us up more than receiving.

But in the noise of adult life, we forget this. We start treating gratitude and giving like skills we have to install in our kids, as if they arrive empty. Keltner’s short video below is a reminder that we aren’t manufacturing kindness; we’re protecting something that was there from day one.

And that idea has quietly connected everything we’ve explored this month. From earning to returning, to shaping giving as a core identity, to raising the frequency of our homes so generosity isn’t an obligation but a way of being. Underneath all of it is the same message: your child already carries the wiring… your environment either amplifies it or muffles it.

As we move into the recap, hold onto this thought: kindness is the default. Home, school, and eventually the way our kids enter their careers. These are the arenas where that default either gets strengthened or forgotten. And that’s exactly where REK steps in… helping you connect those dots across every part of your child’s world.

From Earning to Returning

We tell kids to work hard and earn more. But what if the real secret to success is learning how to give more? Explore how gratitude rewires the way kids think about wealth. Read More (5 min)

Why Kids Outgrow Magic and How to Raise Their Frequency

It’s not belief that fades. It’s trust. When kids learn the truth, their imagination doesn’t die — it just looks for a new signal. Here's how Harmony Hare helps families tune back into the frequency of kindness, courage, and connection. Read More (4 min)

Raising Generous Teens: Small Habits That Build a Giving Identity

If your teen’s wishlist grows longer each year, you’re not alone. These small, doable habits can shift the season from “what I want” to “how I can help,” giving teens simple ways to notice needs, pitch in, and build a genuine identity of giving. Read More (5 min)

A New Holiday Tradition for Little Ones

Harmony Hare brings peace, kindness, and imagination into your home through a 20-day holiday quest created especially for young kids. Each day delivers a tiny kindness mission, a story moment, and a playful activity that builds confidence and connection—no pretending, no pressure, just real magic.

Tammy Vallieres, creator of Hero Intelligence®, will guide families with simple ways to nurture emotional awareness, kindness habits, and everyday peace that's perfect for the early childhood years.

Our Holiday Welcome Session begins Monday, Dec 1st. You don't want to miss this!

🎁 Start the Holiday Quest today.

If your kids are past the early-years magic, your role doesn’t shrink, it shifts. Younger kids need stories; older kids need anchors. Not perfection. Not endless teaching moments. Just steady adults who show up with honesty, patience, and real conversation.

And here’s what we’ve learned alongside you: the next generation will inherit more tools, information, and opportunity than any before them. What they won’t inherit automatically is the inner compass to use it well. That grows through connection—through the small, ordinary moments we share with them every day.

We’re grateful to do this work with you, shoulder to shoulder.

Here’s to raising not just capable young people… but the kind who lead with courage, clarity, and heart.

And for little ones, may Harmony Hare bring extra kindness and wonder this season.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Your friends at REK,