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Good Kids, Tough Choices

Name: Good Kids, Tough Choices
Author: Rushworth M. Kidder

How Parents Can Help Their Children Do the Right Thing

Rushworth M. Kidder

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10,99 €

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John Wiley & Sons

Ratgeber / Familie

Beschreibung

A practical analysis and inspiring guide for teaching kids"ethical fitness" Parents are beginning to realize that deficiencies in ethics andcharacter are becoming a big problem among our nation's children.According to the latest data, lying, cheating, and rampantinsensitivity to other people are increasingly common. What canparents do? In this book, ethics expert Rushworth Kidder shows howto customize interventions to a child's age and temperament. Heencourages parents not to give up, since what they do can alwaysmake a difference, regardless of how long or deep the bad habits ofdishonesty may be. * Encourages parents to intervene early and re-establish childrenon the right course * Explores the keys to ethical behavior: honesty, responsibility,respect, fairness, and compassion All of Kidder's practical advice is based on the latestpsychological and neuroscientific research about how kids developcharacter and learn what's right and wrong.

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developed from seminars and interviews, the author dissects a range of moral dilemmas and explains how, through discourse and conversation, modeling and mentoring, and practice and persistence, parents can help kids develop moral courage and make ethical decisions. Kidder maintains that good moral habits can be taught and developed when parents are willing to make a commitment to communicate and stay involved. (Oct.) (Publishers Weekly, September 6, 2010)
Kidder (How Good People Make Tough Choices), founder and president of the Institute for Global Ethics, a nonprofit organization that promotes character and integrity in corporations and other groups, focuses on parenting issues in his latest volume on the subject of ethics. Kidder treats children from birth to age 23, with age-appropriate chapters that address such questions as how to respond when children lie or steal, how kids can overcome selfishness, and how to react when a child breaks school rules. Arguing that "ethical fitness" can be taught and requires the same kind of long-term commitment as physical fitness, Kidder considers common ethical challenges through the three "lenses" of knowing what's right, making tough choices, and standing for conscience. Using "extended narratives"

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