Katie Piper thinks children can teach adults to be kinder.
Katie Piper's new podcast
The 37-year-old presenter believes people can "forget" how to be nice to themselves and those around them because of their own "everyday experiences" so has been exploring the subject with a group of five and six year olds in a new podcast series, 'Kids Live KIND' from snack brand KIND.
She said: “Kids have kindness in abundance and yet as we get older and our priorities change, our everyday experiences can sometimes cause us to forget to be kind, both to ourselves and those around us. After a year where we’ve learnt to be more considerate and compassionate to each other, there’s an opportunity to continue this momentum and inspire and encourage us all to live kind, especially as adults.
"Teaming up with the children to explore themes of kindness gave a clear and stark reminder, that kindness can be, and is, very simple. We just need to make kinder choices.
"I’m delighted to be hosting this podcast and discussing a topic I feel so strongly about. I hope the insights provided by the children, will inspire adult listeners to recognise the power of kindness, and keep it front and centre of everything they do.”
The series will see Katie learn from the youngsters how adults can be kinder as they discuss how to better look after mental health and how the kids would make politics more kind, as well as sharing their views on creating a more equal and inclusive society.
She will also be joined on the podcast by behavioural expert, Anjula Mutanda, who will provide insight into the children's way of thinking and expand on their views to explain how adults can apply these philosophies in their own lives.
The series forms part of a wider campaign for the snack brand, including a debut TV campaign for the UK, which is calling for people to ‘Live Kind’, and follows on from research which showed 4.1 million Brits felt they were kindest before the age of 10 and almost half of those surveyed admitted to wanting to be kinder to one another.
'Kids Live KIND' is available to download now on Spotify, and all major streaming services: https://open.spotify.com/show/189pYjSmpaoNS3XGKapC1y
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