Right from Wrong

Does your child have a conscience? Is he remorseful when caught in a lie? Very high on any wise list of dreams for our children is the hope that they become people of integrity. But integrity is not simply something that happens as a result of unconditional love, healthy genes, or good luck; it emerges, if it does, because parents make it a priority to exercise influence in this arena. Combining stories of children experiencing the day-to-day struggles of growing up with compassionate, in-depth analysis and pragmatic counsel, Right From Wrong makes nurturing the qualities of integrity tangible to parents and to the others who might be actively involved in guiding a child's moral life. Through the authors' wise and discerning eyes we witness children as they experience loss or sadness, react to sibling rivalries, schoolyard violence, and academic pressures, or even while they interact at the family dinner table. The ways in which parents use listening, praise, discipline, honesty, and consequences to react to these situations reinforces a child's sense of right and wrong; from these choices readers will learn valuable lessons about a parent's power to nurture character and morality in young children.

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  • “How to instill values in our children when they are bombarded with so many conflicting and confusing cultural messages? We live in complicated times of fleeting prosperity and catastrophic tragedy. So we are looking—now more than ever—for a moral compass that will help direct our children, a light to illuminate their path. In Right From Wrong, Mike Riera and Joe DiPrisco, tapping once again their gift for seeing the world through our children's eyes, provide both the compass and the light.”

    — Joan Ryan, San Francisco Chronicle

  • “We're living at a time when issues of character and integrity have achieved a new level of importance, especially given what's happened in our national political theater. I've noticed a shift in people's attitudes. They don't just want to raise happy kids; they want to raise good kids. The new book Right From Wrong: Instilling a Sense of Integrity in Your Child, by Michael Riera and Joseph Di Prisco, couldn't be more timely.”

    – Dr. Drew

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