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Character Matters How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment Integrity and Other Essential Virtues Author: Thomas Lickona Don't Let Our Kids Flunk LifeThe novelist Walker Percy once observed, "Some people get all As but flunk life." Succeeding in life takes character. In Character Matters, award-winning psychologist-educator Thomas Lickona offers more than 100 practical strategies that parents and schools have used to help kids build strong personal c...  more »haracter as the foundation for a purposeful, productive, and fulfilling life.Lickona shows how irresponsible and destructive behavior can invariably be traced to the absence of good character and its 10 essential qualities: wisdom, justice, fortitude, self-control, love, a positive attitude, hard work, integrity, gratitude, and humility. He lays out a blueprint for building these core virtues through a partnership shared by families, schools, and communities. Chapters include:14 strategies that help kids succeed academically while building characterMore than a dozen character-building discipline strategies20 ways to prevent peer cruelty and promote kindness10 ways to talk to teens about sex, love, and characterThe culmination of a lifetime's work in character education, this landmark book gives us the tools we need to raise respectful and responsible children, create safe and effective schools, and build the caring and decent society in which we all want to live.  « less Post This Book Login | Register The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: $16.00 Buy New (Paperback): $12.29 (save 23%) or Become a PBS member and pay $8.39+1 PBS book credit (save 47%) ISBN-13: 9780743245074 ISBN-10: 0743245075 Publication Date: 2/3/2004 Pages: 336 Rating: Currently 1.3/5 Stars.  2 1.3 stars, based on 2 ratings Publisher: Touchstone Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 2 Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

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Kerrie S. (kerrieschrack) reviewed Character Matters : How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues on 12/28/2009

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