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Lickona, Thomas.

Character matters : how to help our children develop good judgment, integrity, and other essential virtues / Thomas Lickona.

New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2004.

xxvi, 310 pages ; 21 cm

In Why Character Matters, a leader in the character education movement and author of the landmark book, Educating for Character, Tom Likona now lays out 100 specific strategies that will help parents as well as teachers instill children with the values that will help them lead good and successful lives.

Moral education -- United States.

Home and school -- United States.

Education -- Parent participation -- United States.

"A Touchstone book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-296) and index.

Why character matters -- Raise children of character -- Build a strong home-school partnership -- Talk to kids about sex, love and character -- Build bonds and model character -- Teach academics and character at the same time -- Practice character-based discipline -- Teach manners -- Prevent peer cruelty and promote kindness -- Help kids (and adults) take responsibility for building their own characters -- Make your school a school of character -- Involve students in creating a school of character -- Involve the whole community in building good character.

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