Building Character
Fake it till you make it “We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day.” (Elder Richard G. Scott) What do …
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Teaching Children to Care for Possessions
Children can indeed be hard on their things. Some are naturally very careful and take good care of their things while others are naturally very hard on things. I …
How to Teach Respect for Personal Property
How to Teach Respect for Personal Property. How to teach children to respect the property of others. We have recently been talking about teaching virtues to children. We talked about …
What vs. How of Training Your Child’s Character
What vs. How of Training Your Child’s Character Children are different from each other. Very different. Any of you who have more than one child know that well. And my guess …
Other People Count
Childwise Principle #6 in On Becoming Childwise is “Other People Count” (page 70). That is pretty straight forward, right? Other people have feelings, other people’s feelings matter, and how we treat others …
Teaching Charity
image source This is the big one. Charity is pure love–specifically the pure love of Christ. It is having pure love, concern, and compassion for everyone. Charity …
How to Teach Children to Have Character
How to teach children to have character. Tips from the book On Becoming Childwise to help you develop character in your child and why you should care about character training.