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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Thomas Lickona is a developmental psychologist and professor of education emeritus at the State University of New York at Cortland, where he directs the Center for the Fourth and Fifth Rs (Respect and Responsibility). A past president of the Association for Moral Education, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Character Education Partnership and speaks around the world to teachers, parents, religious educators, and other groups concerned about the character development of young people. Klappentext Raising decent, caring, and responsible children is the most complex and challenging job in every parent's life-and an increasingly difficult one in today's society. Here is the most authoritative book available on this crucial subject, a valuable and sensitive guide for parents who want their children to grow up with lifelong positive values. Based on fascinating research, this groundbreaking work by psychologist and educator Dr. Thomas Lickona describes the predictable stages of moral development from birth to adulthood. And it offers you down-to-earth advice and guidance for each stage: • Seven caring ways to discipline "terrible twos" • Why your preschooler "lies" and how to handle it • What to do about a four-year-old's back talk • How to handle your seven-year-old's endless negotiations about what's "fair" • Why teens have trouble with peer pressure-and how to help them • How to talk to your child about drugs, drinking, and sex • How to help children of any age reason more clearly about what's right and wrong PLUS . . . A list of more than one hundred children's books that teach moral values, and much more. "An excellent book on a vastly neglected aspect of raising children."-Dr. Fitzhugh Dodson, author How to Parent, How to Father "We have been waiting for a book like this for a long time-a readable work that translates a moral development into parents' language and experience."-Dolores Curran, author of Traits of a Healthy Family "Truly integrates a moral development theory into a consistent approach to childrearing. . . Word-of-mouth recommendations from parent to parent may lift it to the level of popularity once held by Dr. Spock's book on child care."-Moral Education ForumCHAPTER 1 RAISING GOOD CHILDREN Of all the tasks of parenting, few are as important as raising good children. That’s because morality, or basic goodness, lies at the heart of what it means to be human. As parents, we may want many things for our children. We may want them to bring home good grades, do well at sports, or have lots of friends. But they are no less persons, no less human, if they do not possess these qualities. It’s a different matter, however, if our children are not good and decent people. In that case, they do not stand tall as persons. Their humanity is diminished. But what does it mean to “be good”? Is a good child one who never questions when told what to do? Or does healthy obedience include moral reasoning—the ability to understand in your own conscience why some things are right and others wrong? Think for a minute about what you want for your children when you want them to be good. You want them to be fair and honest and trustworthy. You want them to respect the rights of others. You want them to respect legitimate authority, rules, and laws. You want them to be responsible for their own behavior. You want them to feel a decent measure of concern for their fellow human beings. You want them to be able to stand on their own feet and resist pressure to go with the crowd. You want them to be capable of generosity and love. All of these things are part of being a good person. And I think all parents who are concerned about raising good children want their children to h...
