Helping Children Develop Strong Ethics and Values

Music, TV programs, electronic games, other children and adults all influence children. But not many of these influences teach them ethics and values. Teaching youngsters ethics and values begins at home and
is a parental responsibility. This workshop will help you explain basic ethics and morals so your children can understand how to determine right from wrong.

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Define values, ethics, morals and character
• Identify the values you wish to impart to your children
• Describe how culture can instill values
Identify how you teach values to your children
• Describe how parental modeling affects value development
• Describe how to use family meetings and occasions to teach values
• Describe how discussing choices and decisions teaches values
Describe the role of relationships in value formation
• Identify the importance of working together with your spouse to determine which values will be taught
• Identify the importance of cultivating close relationships with your children as a basis for value
development
• Recognize the need for patience as children will test limits and explore boundaries while formulating
their own values
• Identify the importance of consistency in value clarification and role modeling values