Bringing Up a Moral Child: A New Approach for Teaching Your Child to Be Kind, Just, and Responsible (Paperback)

~ (Author), Eva Mekler (Author)

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Published to positive reviews in 1985, this volume offered insights on the development of children's consciences and provided guidance for parents. This edition has been revised with additional material on racism and homosexual rights. This information is needed now more than ever.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The new edition of this practical, intelligent, and inspiring work illustrates how the family can provide the ideal setting for teaching morals, showing how to teach children their own set of values, rather than dictating these moral values to them. Targeted mailings. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 362 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company (May 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201164434
• ISBN-13: 978-0201164435
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,754,941 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best child-rearing book ever, May 21, 2007

By	WH44 (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bringing Up a Moral Child (Paperback)

I have read many books on child-rearing, but this one really stuck out from the pack.

The main theme of the book: if you want your child to make sound ethical decisions on their own, then you must raise their empathy for their fellow human beings. It has many tips on how to promote empathy in situations that come up in daily life. Note that this is sometimes helpful with adults too. :-)

Despite the title, it is not religiously oriented: the book supports its thesis and each bit of advice by citing various studies and relating them to everyday life.