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Summary

Parents are beginning to realize that deficiencies in ethics and  character are becoming a big problem among our nations  children. For example, late-breaking research shows that:     Kids learn to lie when theyre about 3, and by 8 have a  habit thats hard to break  By the time they are pre-teens or adolescents, most children  are Fully Skilled Lie Tellers  60% of 12-17 years old say they have friends who cheat at  school.  98% of teens lie to their parents about a range of topics, from  alcohol and drug use, to how they spend their money and where it  comes from. Including  honors students and athletes.  This is not, says the author, some kind of normal evolutionary  survival behavior but a grave wrong turn that is learned and  implanted at various key periods of our neurological and  psychological development.    So what can parents do? The author shows how to customize  interventions to a childs age, temperament. He encourages  parents not to give up, since what they do can always make a  difference, regardless of how long or deep the bad habits of  dishonesty may be. His program includes the encouragement to:    Intervene early and often. Playing catch-up is impossible, as  far as the teaching of ethics is concerned.  Teach ethics from early childhood to young adulthood. It cannot  be outsourced to teachers, coaches, or caregivers.  Put honesty as the characteristic they most want  their kids to have.  Take advantage of brief crucial windows of opportunity when  parents can and should intervene for long-lasting impact on  character and moral development.  Teach Honesty, as well as Responsibility, Respect, Fairness,  and Compassion.    All of Kidder's practical advice is based on the latest  psychological and neuroscientific research about how kids develop  character and learn what's right and wrong.

Duration: about 8 hours (07:46:51)
Publishing date: 2020-07-20; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2020. Copyright Statment: —

• Body, Mind & Spirit