A tiny good deed, but it counted (and a question)

Translated · 🇧🇷 Portuguese

Yesterday I left a coffee paid forward at the small café near my house. The barista smiled at me like I had done something big. It cost me four reais. I felt strange — happy and embarrassed at the same time.

Question for you: do you tell your kids when you do these things? I don’t want to teach mine that you do good for credit. But I also don’t want them to think I don’t do anything. Where is the line?

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Maya R.Lvl 18· 20h ago
I tell mine sometimes, but only when they’ve already noticed something kind happened to us. Then we trace it back together: ‘someone did this for us, what could we do for someone else?’ Less ‘look what mom did’ and more ‘this is how it goes around.’
Joy A.Lvl 21Facilitator· 8h ago
Such a real question. Mine is: kids see more than we tell them. The good deeds you don’t announce shape them more than the ones you do.