2 stars
I am all for teaching children to share and be kind, but I also think that it is okay to be selfish sometimes. This book goes a little too far for me. Daniel cheers up two of his friends by giving them something he got in order to complete a task. This was a nice thing to do, but I can’t help feel it sends too extreme a message. Yes, we should be kind to others, but there are more ways to be kind than just giving someone something. There were some good examples of being kind (helping to decorate baked goods, picking up papers for someone). Just because you have something, doesn’t mean you have to necessarily give it to someone to make them feel better. You can give them a hug or ask them to play or help them clean up a mess or go on a walk together or a million other things. It is okay (and healthy) to be selfish sometimes. Overall, an okay book, but I didn’t like how Daniel Tiger but everyone else’s needs before his own. There needs to be a balance between selfishness and selflessness that I think this book completely skips over for the sake of pushing kindness.
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