The definition of "gratitude" is "willing to express gratitude for benefits and give back to others". With the development of society and the deepening of China's reform and opening-up, various ideological trends have been introduced. After breaking the spiritual shackles of feudalism, the productive forces were greatly liberated, the production of economic and material wealth took off, and the people lived a well-fed and happy life. However, it is undeniable that the old order in the ideological field has been broken and a new order needs to be established. At this time, there was disorder in the ideological field and moral decay. Today, with the rapid development of society, some people are grateful but not grateful. They are raised by their parents, trained by teachers, and given a superior working environment and a happy life by the party and the state. It's not that I work hard and don't know how to pay my debts, but that my parents are not as capable as others' parents and leave him too little. The party and the country are always fighting for him and are dissatisfied with real life. At present, the only child in the family is mostly the center of the family, and is the "little emperor" and "little princess" in the family. There are four or five adults around at home, and children are given whatever they want. It is really "dare not put it in your mouth, dare not hold it in your hand." Over time, the child has only himself in his heart and no one else.

How to carry out gratitude education;

First, pay attention to the enlightenment of gratitude education and open students' gratitude.

The mind of students is a strange land. Sow the seeds of thought, and you will get the harvest of behavior. Sow the seeds of behavior and you will reap the habits; Sow the seeds of habit, and you will get a moral collection; Sow the seeds of virtue, and you will reap the harvest of fate. We should consciously use various occasions and opportunities to sow the seeds of goodness in students' hearts, so that students can gradually form a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values. Let students feel the affection, friendship and kindness in the world with gratitude; When accepting the care, support and help of others, we should give back to others, not just take and enjoy. Educate students to remember the kindness of others, enhance their sense of responsibility, have a grateful heart, know how to pity, know how to respect, know how to be responsible and treat others well. Gratitude is not only a recognition, but also a reward. This kind of recognition should come from the heart of students. As educators, we should consciously attach importance to "gratitude" education.

Second, carry out colorful activities to make students feel grateful in the activities.

To make students know how to be grateful, we must do hard and meticulous work:

(1) Create an environment of gratitude. Some people say: "Gratitude is a nutrient for spiritual growth, a virtue and a cultivation. Gratitude should be an important lesson for everyone. When children savor their parents' efforts, some dissatisfaction will disappear and happiness will arise. "The environment is silent education, which exerts a subtle influence on students. To this end, we can create an educational atmosphere with the theme of "gratitude" so that students' hearts can be baptized in an atmosphere full of "gratitude". For example, 1, organize to sing thanksgiving songs and watch thanksgiving movies to induce students to be grateful; 2. Tell the story of "gratitude". Hold a story meeting with the theme of "gratitude" in the class, and make a speech through rich body language, so that students can realize that "filial piety" and "love" are the foundation of establishing people and the source of all virtues. 3. Establish a "grateful" tabloid. With novel typesetting and distinctive themes, the content of "gratitude" is published regularly, so that students can witness the image of "filial piety" and be infected. 4. Arrange "Thanksgiving" programs. Let students integrate culture and art into "Thanksgiving" activities and get edification from them. 5. Calculate a gratitude account. Ask the students to calculate their annual fee into the general ledger, and then calculate their parents' total income for one year into the general ledger. By comparison, they can understand the hard work and sweat their parents have paid for themselves. Write a thank-you letter to express your gratitude to your parents.

(2) Create a grateful situation. The primary goal of gratitude education is not to solve the problem of knowing and not knowing, but to create a certain psychological situation and carry out enlightenment activities, which will arouse students' inner cognitive conflicts and awaken their inner potential emotional experiences, thus actually affecting their behavior. For example, when primary school students can't correctly treat their parents' misunderstanding, they can design an activity situation of "being misunderstood by their mothers"; When the friction between students and their parents increases in adolescence, we can design an activity situation of "understanding their parents' hearts". It should be noted, however, that one principle should always be grasped in the selection of content, that is, starting from the logic of life and problems, choose the activity content that is most closely related to students' real life and find the problems that they need to solve most.

(3) Organize experience activities.

1, helping parents. Wash clothes, sweep the floor, and do housework as much as you can; Cook Thanksgiving dinner for parents, bring tea and put gratitude into action.

2. Organize students to make friends with poor students in the class, offer love and other activities, so that students can feel their happiness in the cracks, change their indifference, cultivate their sympathy, cherish happiness and gratitude, and increase the human touch.

3. Transfer "gratitude" to love the party, patriotism and society. Carry out the activities of "team flag", "school flag" and "national flag in my heart", consciously safeguard the fame and fortune of the school and the country, strive to be a clean guardian, clean up "white garbage" after school, actively care for and help the disabled and the elderly, increase students' sense of social responsibility, and love the party, country and society. In this way, "Thanksgiving" education is vivid and colorful, and students can experience, feel life and understand the truth in "Thanksgiving" activities.

Third, form an educational synergy with parents.

Whether gratitude education in schools can achieve practical results is usually related to family education. Parents nowadays always seem to be eager for quick success and instant benefit. They still emphasize "intellectual education" one-sidedly, just want students to study and get into college in the future, but they do everything. In the aspect of family education, they did not give due attention and guidance, which led to more and more loopholes in family education. Therefore, when we carry out gratitude education in our school, we should pay special attention to solving the psychological problems exposed by students in family life, and feedback the development of students to parents in time to get their support, so as to form a joint force of school education and parent education.

Thanksgiving education is a huge systematic project, so we should make great efforts to grasp it and stick to it. Let our successors feel grateful and grateful, and our society will become more harmonious.