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WORTH SEEING: Poster – It’s important but difficult to say no to others, but it’s even harder and more important to say no to yourself. Controlling your life becomes easier when you control yourself. — Michael Josephson

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WORTH WATCHING: Special Athletes Acting in Special Ways

Here’s an inspiring little video about “true victory.”

QUOTATION: For those with no voice, no position, no privilege, no authority, you be those things for them. Jeffrey Marx, Season of Life (slogan for Teen Summit, Downey Unified School District)

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR TEENS: The Choices You Make in Your Life Make Your Life

This week marks the beginning of a new venture for Michael and CHARACTER COUNTS! — an effort to directly engage high school and middle school students in thinking and discussing ethical issues on a wide range of topics relevant to their lives through a series of specially adapted commentaries for teens.

WORTH SEEING: Poster – If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place. — Nora Roberts. There is no success without action.

OBSERVATION: Expressing Appreciation — Why is it that so many of us wait until it is too late to experience and express real gratitude to those who gave us the gifts of love, wisdom, and encouragement?

Why do we wait to put our deepest emotions into eulogies? Everyone should have the pleasure of hearing the eulogies they have earned. The greatest gift you can give someone you love is to express sincerely your appreciation for the things that they have given you. It might be a parent, grandparent, brother or sister. Maybe it’s a teacher, coach …

WORTH READING: An Insightful Article on the Scope and Causes of Bullying

This article is somewhat dated (2008) but still is a very useful resource and worth reading. You can read the whole thing at the San Francisco Chronicle. Bullying takes twisted turn for the worse Regan McMahon, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, August 17, 2008 Oakland first-grader Zachary Cataldo suffered a skull fracture when a fifth-grader allegedly slammed him against a tree in …

WORTH SEEING: Poster Before you Speak – THINK T – is it True H – is it Helpful I – does it Inspire confidence N – is it Necessary K – is it Kind – Adapted by Michael Josephson from unknown original source.

OBSERVATION: On the issue of how to think about and treat gay people, would the answer be different if, instead of asking “What does the Bible say?”, the question was “What would Jesus do?”

OBSERVATION: Most of us were told that sticks and stones can break your bones but names will never harm you.

That’s simply not true.

COMMENTARY 770.2: Establishing a Culture of Kindness

Though intensive media attention to bullying has died down, the problem persists in many forms, and it continues to diminish the lives of tens of thousands of young people every day. According to a recent survey, roughly half of all high school students say that in the past year they were bullied in a manner that seriously upset them. A …

WORTH SEEING: Posters about Bullying

OBSERVATION: A Mother’s Message About Bullying: Hang in There. It Will Get Better.

While researching the bullying issue for a CHARACTER COUNTS! seminar, I came across Vicky Bell’s blog, where she posted a letter to her daughter in college. I think her advice moving and wise. Here’s her letter: Letter to my daughter ( in the wake of senseless tragedy) Hello my girl, I wanted to say hi and tell you how much …

WORTH WATCHING: Teacher Bullying. An often neglected dimension of bullying concerns teachers and coaches who verbally abuse students. Are you skeptical? Check out these videos.

WORTH READING: Letters to a Bullied Girl

From the publisher: Olivia Gardner, a northern California teenager, was severely taunted and cyberbullied by her classmates for more than two years because she was an epileptic who had suffered seizures in front of classmates. News of her bullying spread, eventually reaching two teenage girls from a neighboring town, sisters Emily and Sarah Buder. The girls were so moved by Olivia’s story …

WORTH READING & SEEING: “Stand Tall,” a song encouraging bullied victims to have strength

Here’s a comment by the performer, Lauren Irwin, from her website: “At many points in my life I found myself thinking I wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t smart enough, thin enough, fat enough, tall enough, pretty enough, quirky enough, blonde enough … the list goes on. I’m a pretty positive person, although it might not sound like it, but I …

QUOTE: “I didn’t choose to be gay. Facing this reality was the most challenging thing I had to do in my life. I knew for the rest of my life I would face a world that thought I was wrong. My body works different than yours. My brain and my hormones work different. But I can’t help or change that.” — Kayla Kearney, high school senior, telling her class that she is gay

Don’t Miss This One! OBSERVATION & WORTH SEEING: Out of the Closet. I know many of the people who follow my work have a deeply grounded religious belief that homosexuality is a sin. Many fortify their convictions by believing that God would not make any child homosexual and, therefore, that it is a choice to be gay or lesbian. Whether you fall into this group or simply want to better understand the human dimension of this aspect of the bullying problem, please take the time to watch the videos included here. It could change your perspective, maybe even your life.

First, a preface: Young people are harassed, humiliated, and intimidated at school for all sorts of reasons – their looks, the way they talk, their race, and more — but students who are or are perceived to be gay are subjected to the most persistent and pernicious forms of bullying. This has led to more suicides than any other cause …

WORTH WATCHING: A young man reveals the pain of bullying. Worth watching and showing to your kids.

WORTH SEEING: Poster – Integrity. Integrity is one thing you cannot afford to lose. You can give it away or sell it, but you can’t buy it. Without integrity you become nothing and will have nothing. — Michael Josephson

SURVEY: How honest are you? Take our online Integrity Quiz and tell us what you think.

Take our survey to measure your integrity.

WORTH SEEING: Poster – “Don’t be limited by what you see from where you are. Climb to a higher place and you will see how unlimited your future can be.” — Michael Josephson

OBSERVATION: About the ethical duty of respect

We are not morally or otherwise obligated to respect any individual. We choose those whom we hold in high esteem, and some people are not worthy of our special respect. We are, however, morally obligated to treat everyone with respect. A person of character treats

QUOTE: “Those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” — Bernard Baruch

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WORTH SEEING: Poster- “Kind hearts are the gardens, / Kind thoughts are the roots, / Kind words are the flowers, / Kind deeds are the fruits. / Take care of your garden, / And keep out the weeds, / Fill it with sunshine / Kind words and kind deeds. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

WORTH SEEING: Poster – Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be. — David Bly

QUOTES: The Best Wise and Witty Quotes about Children and Parenting

We are glad you visited us to find this selection of quotes on a topic that means so much to me – children and parenting. The Josephson Institute is a nonprofit organization devoted to increasing the ethical quality of individual and personal decision making. I hope you’ll browse our other entries and subscribe to our What Will Matter blog at …

WORTH SEEING: Poster – There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots. The other is wings. — Hodding Carter, Jr.

WORTH READING: When Dealing With Teens, Try More Silence

Giving Your Teen the Silent Treatment By Patrick C. Friman, Ph.D., ABPP, Boys Town (This article is part of a parenting.org series for parents of adolescents.) It takes two to tango. You cannot have a tug of war without people pulling on both ends of the rope. And, an argument between a parent and a teenager requires both participants to vocally …

WORTH READING: Top 5 Strategies for Teaching Your Children to Behave

From Boystown: Children are great learning machines, but they learn more through experience than they do from their parents talking. Below are five strategies for teaching your children how to behave. Teach children acceptable and unacceptable behavior immediately after the act. Don’t wait. For important matters such as commands or instructions speak less; one or two words for every year

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