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Sep 28, 2008

"It takes two to speak the truth -- one to speak and another to hear.
" --Thoreau

Conversing With Kids On Ethics

"A year or so ago, I visited an excellent independent school to do some work with its faculty and parents. Although the school has a beautiful campus, enviable resources, high test scores, and a dedicated faculty, it was experiencing some problems with bullying. While I was there, teachers asked me to talk to fourth graders about the problem. I said that I would do so provided faculty understood that I would not preach, scold, or threaten. It was agreed that I would engage the kids in conversation about bullying, an important ethical issue -- one that affects their lives every day." So begins this article in Greater Good Magazine on how to help kids deal with ethical problems.