That's why the Texas Agricultural extension Service is providing Texans Building Character, a program of character education for youth and adults. The pillars of character sound like broad and abstract concepts. But there is a variety of fun and interesting curriculum materials that parents, volunteer leaders, teachers and other caring adults can use to teach even the youngest children. Trustworthiness involves honesty, promise-keeping, and loyalty. Young people can learn that honesty is speaking the truth, that promise-keeping means saying you will do something and then doing it, and that loyalty means protecting and helping people who are special to you.
Respectful people treat others with consideration and accept individual differences.
It's a lesson that applies as much on the playground as in the workplace. Children can learn that good people are people of action. They can be depended on to do the right thing, even when the right thing is the hard thing to do. They can learn to avoid arguments over fairness by going by the rules, treating everyone the same and using the same rules for everyone. Caring people are loving, helpful, giving and kind.