Schools throughout the country are working together with their communities to foster character development through their school culture, curricula, and extra-curricular activities. To be most effective, character education must be a unified effort of school staff, parents, and community members. Character education is included in our Life Skills lesson plans, and is infused into a school's standard curriculum. More than ever, schools need to help develop good character in children. Far too often in today's culture, concern for individual rights isn't balanced by responsibility to our families, communities, nation and planet.
Moral decline affects all of society, but it has a particularly devastating impact on our youth.
In recent years, youth crime, violence, pregnancy, and substance abuse have reached record levels. They are not receiving the nurturing that past generations received, and as a result, we increasingly see children who are unsure about what is right and what is wrong. Character education will help our children do better by creating school environments that are conducive to learning. Character education will help you guide your children to be caring, humane, peaceful, and respectful. This is the first book of a four book series that presents a comprehensive two-year character education program.