What Are Your Favorites?


Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things.
(From The Sound of Music: “My Favorite Things” by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers)
Why are favorite things important?
  1. We all deserve to have some of our favorite things. That means as an adult, you need to make those things known, and as a parent or caregiver, you need to ask children what their favorite things are.
  2. A child’s MOST favorite thing (blanket, stuffed animal, picture of a beloved family member, pet, etc) should not be taken away as a consequence for bad behavior. The harshness of doing so would do more harm than good.