Character building: A guide for parents and teachers [Paperback]

David Isaacs (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0906127688 | ISBN-13: 978-0906127681 | Publication Date: 1984

How to teach your children to be truly and thoroughly good

With the family under fire as never before, even faithful Catholic parents often don’t know where to turn for trustworthy guidance about childrearing. That’s why this book is so urgently needed. David Isaacs, an experienced parent and teacher, gives you practical direction on how to teach children of all ages the human virtues: generosity, fortitude, optimism, perseverance, orderliness, responsibility, respect for others, sincerity, modesty, moderation, flexibility, loyalty, industriousness, patience, justice, obedience, prudence, audacity, humility, simplicity, friendship, understanding, and patriotism. Contains questions for self-assessment and teaching tips for each virtue.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: Four Courts Press (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0906127688
• ISBN-13: 978-0906127681
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,524,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Escellent book for parents that want the best for the kids, November 10, 1998

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This review is from: Character Building: A Guide for Parents and Teachers (Paperback)

I first read this book in english in the year 1985. Then I've read it in spanish by the year 1990. And it is surprisingly how modern it is, althought the time passes by. I strongly recommend all parents to read it. It is really worthwhile, and it helps a lot when raising a child is the theme. Mr. Isaacs asseses the theory with the practice in a natural way, and "makes it easy" the task to be a parent. This book was one of the rocks my wife and I used to raise our 7 children.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tool to teach my children and my students, November 13, 2007

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Alejandra Halvorssen (Miami, Fl. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Character Building: A Guide for Parents and Teachers (Paperback)

This book has helped me learn and understand the definition of basic virtues as friendship, order, truthfulness, etc so I can be able to talk about them, practice them, and teach them to my 5 children and my students. Is a great book to have it at home and review it once in a while.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT RESOURCE, June 21, 2010

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Maritza Cano Roman "The Royal Lady" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Character Building: A Guide for Parents and Teachers (Paperback)

THis book is just great for everyone not just educators or parents for every one and specially in these days when not many are concern to adquired virtues