There are four measures indicating positive values. Sadly, only 35 percent of students appear to value postponing sexual activity as a personal goal. Sometimes all that is missing is a clear opportunity for doing so, with an assurance that they are, indeed, old enough and capable enough to supply whatever is needed. A desire to do things to help protect others who are hungry is present in just under half of these students. In people of any age, the contrast between those who are sensitized to the feelings of others and those who are not is quite evident.
Some children acquire at home the habit of attention to the well-being of others beside themselves.
For those who haven't, practical experience in helping others helps it develop. Almost 90 percent of student give evidence of willingness to learn, if the skill is not currently present. Success in interacting with others demands a certain grasp of basic social skills. What masquerades as respect for self is often an unhealthy behavior pattern, demonstrated sometimes in a visible effort to hold the spotlight and sometimes in trying to shrink from it. Only about 45 percent of students show evidence of healthy self esteem.