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Help Your Children Learn Values With "Alphabet of Honor"
Listen to the news on any given day and you are almost guaranteed to find examples of scandals and unethical behavior in any profession.
What’s more, adolescent and teenage students face peer pressure every day and must make decisions on how to respond to these challenges. This is why it's important parents start teaching their children at a young age about values and honesty.
Author Ann Warkentin has written a book, Alphabet of Honor, that shows parents how to start a conversation with their children about values.
The book, naturally, begins with the letter, "A." This "A" is linked with "Accept Responsibility." The photo for “A” is of a little girl with a facial expression that indicates that something has happened to the toy that she is holding up.
1. What do you think happened to the toy?
2. Is this girl in the photo the owner of the toy?
3. How would you feel if the toy were yours?
4. How could you accept responsibility?
5. Has this ever happened to you?
6. How would you handle this? What would you do?
Children can answer these questions on their own or the adult reader can pose the questions and discuss the answer with the child.
In a society that often promotes values that many parents find unacceptable, mothers and fathers may struggle to find ways of teaching their children ethics and morals at an early age.
RDP Book Release: Propaganda – American Style by Dr. Gregory Shafer
Propaganda – American Style: A Textbook for Critical Thinkers by Dr. Gregory Shafer.
Read an excerpt from the first chapter:
To most Americans, propaganda is something that is done by other nations to other people. We think of communist propaganda, Nazi propaganda, or even European propaganda. Rarely, in our egocentric world, are we cognizant of the insidious and yet very vivid examples of propaganda American style. Why? Because we have been conditioned to believe that we live in a land of freedom and democracy – a place that is devoid of manipulation and mind control.
The world of George Orwell's 1984 is interesting to us but only in its ability to reveal other worlds, where nefarious leaders use psychological strategies and deceptive language to control the actions of their citizens. Unfortunately, careful observation shows us that propaganda is very much a part of the American scene and is used frequently to dupe Americans into thinking and believing ideas that are not in their best interests.
The Bugle Calls
(For CPT Terrance Wright, 1LT Jeremy Wolfe, and our Fallen Comrades
Having been a witness at the windows of your soul, where we shared goals, dreams and life stories,
I listened to you speaking of wanting to marry and have children.
I watched your silent faith speak volumes.
Having been even prepared for war,
no one is prepared to lose a friend and comrade like this.
Although your journey shortened,
a soldier's soul never dies.
A flag is folded for you,
and the bugle's tone vibrates
similar to your spirit in the air;
it never ceases, always plays.
You are remembered and respected
as I pray for you, having been a witness
at the windows of your soul.
Tears run sharply down my face and theirs,
my hand goes sharply up,
fingers to the corner of my right brow.
Young paratrooper, you are remembered.
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Jessyca Mathews FulFills Her Dream of Being Published
Jessyca Mathews Photo from Michigan.gov |