Good Kids, Tough Choices: How Parents Can Help Their Children Do the Right Thing

Rushworth M. Kidder

Aug 2010 · John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

A practical analysis and inspiring guide for teaching kids "ethical fitness"

Parents are beginning to realize that deficiencies in ethics and character are becoming a big problem among our nation's children. According to the latest data, lying, cheating, and rampant insensitivity to other people are increasingly common. What can parents do? In this book, ethics expert Rushworth Kidder shows how to customize interventions to a child's age and 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.

• Encourages parents to intervene early and re-establish children on 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 latest psychological and neuroscientific research about how kids develop character and learn what's right and wrong.

About the author

Rushworth M. Kidder PhD is the founder and president of the Institute for Global Ethics (www.globalethics.org) and a long-time columnist and senior editor for The Christian Science Monitor. He writes a weekly column for the Institute's Web-based weekly Ethics Newsline which circulates to nearly 10,000 subscribers in 142 countries. Dr. Kidder works extensively on ethical issues with Ford, Accenture, Reuters, the US Coast Guard and other organizations. He is the author of nine books on ethics, global affairs, and literature including Moral Courage and How Good People Make Tough Choices. Rush travels, lectures, consults, and trains on ethics widely.