📖 Overview
Carol McCloud is a children's book author and educational speaker who focuses on character development and positive behavior concepts. She created the "bucket filling" metaphor as a tool to teach children about kindness, empathy, and emotional well-being.
Her book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" introduces young readers to the concept that everyone carries an invisible bucket that holds their feelings. The book explains how acts of kindness fill buckets while mean behavior empties them.
McCloud developed this concept into a broader educational program used in schools and homes. She travels internationally to speak about the bucket filling philosophy and its applications in character education.
The bucket filling concept has become a framework adopted by educators and parents to teach children about positive social interactions. McCloud has expanded the series with additional books that explore related themes of kindness and respect.