Product Description

This book invites teens to explore and practice honesty, kindness, empathy, integrity, tolerance, patience, respect, and more. Includes inspiring quotations, thought-provoking dilemmas, meaningful activities, and true stories about real kids who exemplify positive character traits. Updated resources point the way toward character-building books, organizations, programs, and Web sites. Previous Title: What Do You Stand For?; black & white photos & illustrations, 8 1Ž2" x 11", 19 reproducible handout masters, ages 11 & up.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #86130 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 284 pages

From School Library Journal
This book, a compendium of ideas, activities, and resources, helps young people explore who they are and develop positive traits such as caring, good citizenship, empathy, respect, peacefulness, and responsibility. Teachers, counselors, and parents will want to know about this book, as kids are not likely to pick it up on their own.
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Review
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Customer Reviews

Interesting information but poor references..
I've just started looking through this book and I thought the charts and many of the topics such as Citizenship, Justice, Leadership, Problem Solving, Relationships etc. would be great for my grandsons, but I was quite disappointed with several of the references and people quoted.

Who would ever think of Abbie Hoffman as a role model? The quote was good "I grew up with the idea that democracy is not something you believe in, or a place you hang your hat, but it's something you do." Good idea, but could the author not have chosen a similar quote from someone who wasn't an anarchist and someone who incited violent riots, was disrespectful to the judges and courts in which he was tried, and generally displayed a pathetic hatred for this country? I was around during those difficult times and he was anything but a patriot then. MoveOn.org is hardly a place I would ask my teen to look for unbiased political information. If building character is one of the aims of this book, it has a funny way of showing it.

We'll possibly use some of the worksheets, but don't think I'll suggest my teen grandsons read it. Every reference will have to be checked out first.

I am really torn whether to recommend this book or not. There are other similar publications out there that present better examples to teens and young adults.

PS I've now read this book and find the topics stimulating and well worth spending time working through them. However, I still question many of the references and strongly suggest that anyone who buys this book should check out the references before recommending them to a teen. Also, if you are strongly religiously oriented, you might want want to make up your own examples and activities.

Inspiring message, terrible book
i thought that the overall message of the book was fantastic, however the writing and story left a lot to be desired, there were even several gramatical errors, and spelling mistakes. When asked about this book i simply respond "a very inspiring message, but i wouldn't reccomend it as a book."

This book was awesome!!!
This book is by far one of my favorites. A very encouraging book looking at your positive traits. A great way to improve your self-esteem and help others. This book is jam-packed with great things that are good for the soul. I highly recommend this book to everyone; even grown-ups. It is also a great book because it also tells you websites or books you can check into to gain more knowlege about a certain topic. I totally enjoyed this book, and it has helped me a lot!