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What Do You Stand For? For Teens: A Guide to Building Character

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This is an exceptionally well written book. The author explains ethics in such a way that children can truly grasp the meaning. Each section contains a story about character in action, character dilmmas, activities, and additional resources on the topic. I highly recommend this to all parents.

What a well organized, motivational book on defining a person's character. Feeling like courage, friendship, integrity, empathy, caring, etc... For each term the author gives an story-like example and defines the meaning of the feeling, then gives examples and role playing questions of how to respond to ethical questions. A GREAT tool for parents and children. Plus websites and additional resources to understand terms. A wonderful book for parents to make sure their children have the character and responsivness to handle the world's problems. :>) GREAT BOOK! KUDDOS to the Author! I also recommend the American Girl Books as well.

This book is by far one of my favorites. A very encouraging book looking at your positive traits. A great way to improve your self-esteem and help others. This book is jam-packed with great things that are good for the soul. I highly recommend this book to everyone; even grown-ups. It is also a great book because it also tells you websites or books you can check into to gain more knowlege about a certain topic. I totally enjoyed this book, and it has helped me a lot!

I've just started looking through this book and I thought the charts and many of the topics such as Citizenship, Justice, Leadership, Problem Solving, Relationships etc. would be great for my grandsons, but I was quite disappointed with several of the references and people quoted.

Who would ever think of Abbie Hoffman as a role model? The quote was good "I grew up with the idea that democracy is not something you believe in, or a place you hang your hat, but it's something you do." Good idea, but could the author not have chosen a similar quote from someone who wasn't an anarchist and someone who incited violent riots, was disrespectful to the judges and courts in which he was tried, and generally displayed a pathetic hatred for this country? I was around during those difficult times and he was anything but a patriot then. MoveOn.org is hardly a place I would ask my teen to look for unbiased political information. If building character is one of the aims of this book, it has a funny way of showing it.

We'll possibly use some of the worksheets, but don't think I'll suggest my teen grandsons read it. Every reference will have to be checked out first.

I am really torn whether to recommend this book or not. There are other similar publications out there that present better examples to teens and young adults.

PS I've now read this book and find the topics stimulating and well worth spending time working through them. However, I still question many of the references and strongly suggest that anyone who buys this book should check out the references before recommending them to a teen. Also, if you are strongly religiously oriented, you might want want to make up your own examples and activities.

I am currently teaching in a post-secondary special educaiton setting. Our school provided us with many resourses on character development, but this book was not one of them. I found this book at a local library and fell in love! This book is perfect and has so many great ideas and resources!! I NEEDED THIS BOOK!!!!

I work with adolescents in a residential center. I have found this book very useful because each section has a number of suggested scenarios and thoughtful writing assignments. Also, there are suggested activities that the teens use for ideas to develop groups for their peers.

i thought that the overall message of the book was fantastic, however the writing and story left a lot to be desired, there were even several gramatical errors, and spelling mistakes. When asked about this book i simply respond "a very inspiring message, but i wouldn't reccomend it as a book."