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Previous programs:
11/15/99
Managing Emotions
 Discussion
Guide
5/11/99
Fundamental assets children need for healthy
growth
Discussion
Guide
4/27/99
Setting Limits (Discipline)
Discussion
Guide
3/23/99
Testing and Academic Standards
Discussion
Guide
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Raising
Honorable Children
We
all know what it means to be honorable - to merit respect, be an upstanding
citizen or be a person with integrity.
Moreover, almost any parent would say that they want their child to
grow up to be honorable. But how do parents instill good values when
there kids are young?
The family, more than any other institution, can teach children values
in meaningful, yet comfortable way. It is important to understand that
these traits must be taught, rather than just talked. Panel member Jan
Algozine, Dean of Students and vice President at Silver Lake College,
and mother of two says, "kids look more at what their parents do,
rather than what they say. Sometimes parents are not even aware that
they are teaching values-but how a parent acts, both positively or negatively,
will affect what their child perceives as the right thing to do."
Another panel member, Tony Pichler of the Education Department at the
Green Bay Catholic Diocese, would agree, "Parents are the first
educators and role models. The more parents are involved in their kid's
lives, the more the kids know that they care."
Being honorable is not always going to be easy. A child needs to learn
to respect others and also know the difference between right and wrong.
Sometimes being honorable will not be enjoyable, popular or painless,
but through good example, both in the home and outside of it, kids will
learn to make the right choices.
View the Discussion Guide.
Televison programing funding provided in part by Ronald
McDonald House Charities
of Eastern Wisconsin.
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