Area schools are starting to focus on character education, but youth need to hear about positive values at home, at church and throughout the community. A society needs values education both to survive and to thrive - to keep itself intact, and to keep itself growing toward conditions that support the full human development of all its members. T each your family the importance of character. H old yourself and others more strictly accountable to living up to the six core ethical values. I nform yourself about what is going on in the schools and youth organizations and learn how you can become a more effective character teacher.
C reate an atmosphere of positive and negative consequences where character is prized.
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