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How to raise kind kids, and get respect, gratitude, and a happier family in the bargain, Thomas Lickona

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How to raise kind kids, and get respect, gratitude, and a happier family in the bargain, Thomas Lickona

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (page [283]-295) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to raise kind kids

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bibliography

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994312838

Responsibility statement

Thomas Lickona

Sub title

and get respect, gratitude, and a happier family in the bargain

Summary

As our culture grows ever more abrasive and divided, we all want our kids to be kind. But that is not the same as knowing what to do when you catch your son being unkind. A world-renowned developmental psychologist, Dr. Thomas Lickona has led the character education movement in schools for forty years. Now he shares with parents the vital tools they need to bring peace and foster cooperation at home. Kindness doesn't stand on its own. It needs a supporting cast of other essential virtues--like courage, self-control, respect, and gratitude. With concrete examples drawn from the many families Dr. Lickona has worked with over the years and clear tips you can act on tonight, learn how to give and get respect, hold family meetings to tackle persistent problems, discipline in a way that builds character, and improve the dynamic of your relationship with your children while putting them on the path to a happier and more fulfilling life

Table Of Contents

Why kindness matters -- Does our culture cultivate kindness? -- Kids' capacity for kindness-- and cruelty-- is there from the start -- How to create a positive family culture : 6 key principles -- 10 essential virtues that help kids be kind -- Respect and fairness -- Discipline : what's in your toolbox? -- Family meetings : working together to create a happier family -- Getting control of screens -- How to help your kids develop good habits (and break bad ones) -- Cut the complaining! : 10 ways to teach and practice gratitude -- Using stories to teach kindness and other virtues -- Schools that cultivate kindness -- How to help your kids avoid the dangers of a hypersexualized culture-- and find true love -- Appendix A; Character quotations for the 10 essential virtues -- Appendix B: Books that teach values -- Appendix C; Family projects that foster kindness and purpose

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