Introduction
It’s one of life’s vexing little ironies – and
greatest tests – that good thoughts and high aspirations tug valiantly
at kids’ hearts while, on a parallel course, friends and party pals
beckon with tempting lures. Youth is a time to breathe, relax, play,
experiment, make mistakes without feeling devastated, yes, but it’s
also a prime time to explore some of the sights from the high road of
character development and sound moral judgment.
This section offers many vivid and valuable avenues whereby young people can learn to do the right thing when nobody is watching – that is usually the measure of sound character. Included in this chapter are wonderful character-building guidelines and principles outlined by the Josephson Ethics Institute, a wonderful organization whose mechanism is geared to put into balance, perspective and operation all the seemingly overwhelming contradictions of youth. A spotlight is focused upon that organization’s Character Counts! program and how one California school district incorporates the tenets, beliefs and principles into its daily curriculum.
This section offers many vivid and valuable avenues whereby young people can learn to do the right thing when nobody is watching – that is usually the measure of sound character. Included in this chapter are wonderful character-building guidelines and principles outlined by the Josephson Ethics Institute, a wonderful organization whose mechanism is geared to put into balance, perspective and operation all the seemingly overwhelming contradictions of youth. A spotlight is focused upon that organization’s Character Counts! program and how one California school district incorporates the tenets, beliefs and principles into its daily curriculum.
