| Record Number |
19371 |
| ISBN |
1876451661 : |
| Location |
649.1 MUL |
| Author |
Mullins, Andrew |
| Title |
Parenting for character : equipping your child for life / Andrew Mullins. |
| Published |
Sydney : Finch Publishing, c2005. |
| Collation |
xv, 176 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| General Note |
Includes index. |
| PSD - Professor Stephen Dinham Collection |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Note |
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Parenting foundations -- Principles of raising children with character -- 1.Create unity in the home -- 2.Build up habits of affection with each child -- 3.Have high but reasonable expectations -- 4.Lead by example -- 5.Create customs of close parent-child communication -- 6.Manage the inputs -- 7.Let your child wear his or her mistakes -- 8.Place a high priority on honesty -- 9.Enjoy family life -- 10.Be convinced that love and correction are not opposites -- 11.Commit to building good habits in your son or daughter -- Assess your own parenting -- pt. 2 Good habits -- the building blocks of character -- Not one more theory of how children should be educated -- Benefits of habits of good behaviour -- Repeated behaviours become second nature -- We are the sum of our established habits -- Good habits and parenting -- The four powers -- foundation habits for happiness -- 1.Sound judgement -- 2.Responsibility -- 3.Self-control -- 4.Fortitude -- |
| Contents note continued: Importance of a spiritual dimension -- Review Your Child's Good Habits -- pt. 3 Forging good habits -- Raise children who can take control of their own lives -- 1.Establish routines and be consistent -- 2.Delegate, even if it takes more time to get the job done -- 3.Teach that actions should be motivated by love -- 4.Don't Let Bad Habits Accumulate -- 5.Don't Do the Thinking For Your Child -- 6.Model the qualities you want to pass on -- 7.Clearly teach what is right and wrong -- 8.Help your children build good habits in their younger years -- 9.Make Character Building the Aim of Children's Sport -- 10.Show your children that hard lessons can be the best lessons -- 11.Keep focused on sincerity and generosity -- habits for our heads and our hearts -- 12.Teach detachment from material things -- 13.Focus on causes and consequences -- pt. 4 Raising teenagers with strength of character -- Start early -- Address the needs of teenage children -- |
| Contents note continued: Reject any negative view of adolescence -- Recognise potential -- How to raise teenagers with strength of character -- 1.Own up to your innermost values -- 2.Show that your values bring you happiness -- 3.Realise that teenagers are changing on the inside first -- 4.Require teenagers to think, not to do -- 5.Help your teenager internalise the process of developing good habits -- 6.Find new ways to keep communicating -- 7.Address issues -- 8.Explain reasons -- 9.Don't Underestimate the Impact of the Peer Group -- 10.Look for Reinforcement From Your Son's or Daughter's School -- 11.Seek out mentors who have the confidence of your teenager -- 12.Focus on resilience -- 13.Prepare your son or daughter for relationships and sexuality -- 14.Give your teenager affection, affection, and more affection -- 15.Teach peace in the face of the very greatest challenges. |
| Summary Note |
Character is very much the sum total of our good habits - habits such as compasion, honesty, optimism, generosity and loyalty. Parenting for character is a practical manual to help parents develop in their children qualities necessary for a happy and fulfilling adult life. These include sound judgement, responsibility, self-control, integrity, perseverance, courage and resilience. In this book, Andrew Mullins, Headmaster of Redfield College, Sydney, argues that parents need to help build character: it does not just evolve. He explores how to encourage young people to think independently and make choices that are good for themselves and others. In his experience, young people are damaged by too readily accepting their peer group's values or messages from the media. They are able to take control of their lives once they acquire well-developed habits of thinking, decision-making and acting. The advice for parents in Parenting for character is clear and simple: lead by example, ensure that good habits are encouraged repeatedly, nurture the spiritual dimension in your life, and show love and affection to your children. The book draws on parenting principles from classical times to the present and offers advice form many sources including Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Confucius, Cicero, Goethe, Winston Churchill and John Paul II." -- BACK COVER. |
| Subject |
Teenagers -- Life-skills guides |
| Parenting |
| Parent and teenager |
| Parent and teenager |
| Parenting |
| Parenting |
| Parent and teenager |
