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Parenting for Character: Equipping your child for life

Andrew Mullins

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Description:Character is very much the sum total of our good habits - habits such as compassion, 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 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 lead by example, ensure that good habits are encouraged repeatedly, nurture the spiritual dimension in your life, and show love and affection to your partner and children.The book draws on parenting principles from classical times to the present and offers advice from many sources including Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Confucius, Cicero, Goethe, Winston Churchill and John Paul II.This book is essential reading for any parent who wishes to develop good character in their children. Andrew Mullins offers direction and encouragement to parents who want their children to be socially responsible and morally strong. In an engaging way, Parenting for Character offers practical advice on how to raise children of quality.'Dr Tim Hawkes, Headmaster, The King's School, and author of Boy Oh BoyEffective quality parenting is incorrectly labelled by society as "assumed knowledge". Andrew Mullins helps parents erect scaffolds and to continually assess "work in progress". Parenting for Character is essential reading for all parents!'Michael Quinlan, Principal, James Ruse Agricultural High School.Andrew Mullins career has included over 25 years' teaching the humanities in Australian secondary schools, leading to his interest in presenting the wisdom of classic thinkers and philosophers. In his position as headmaster of Redfield College, Sydney, he has developed a strong policy of involving parents in the process of reflecting desirable values to young people. He "My experience is that parents who keep their focus on these priorities, patiently and lovingly, give their children something of incalculable worth. The Talmud, a type of ancient Jewish guidebook for life, sums it all 'The one great requisite is character'. Plutarch, the famous Greek historian writing in Roman times, knew how to cut to 'Character', he wrote, 'is simply strongly established habit'." This book had its origins in a series of successful talks presented to parents.ContentsPart 1: Parenting foundationsPrinciples of raising children with character1 Create unity in the home2 Build up habits of affection with each child3 Have high but reasonable expectations4 Lead by example5 Create customs of close parent-child communication6 Manage the inputs7 Let your child wear his or her mistakes8 Place a high priority on honesty9 Enjoy family life10 Be convinced that love and correction are not opposites11 Commit to building good habits in your son or daughterAssess your own parentingPart 2: Good habits - the building blocks of characterNot one more theory of how children should be educatedBenefits of habits of good behaviourRepeated behaviours become second natureWe are the sum of our established habitsGood habits and parentingThe four powers - foundation habits for happiness1 Sound judgement2 Responsibility3 Self control4 FortitudeImportance of a spiritual dimensionReview your child's good habitsPart 3: Forging good habitsRaise children who can take control of their own lives1 Establish routines and be consistent2 Delegate, even if it takes more time to get the job done3 Teach that actions should be motivated by love4 Don't let bad habits accumulate5 Don't do the thinking for your child6 Model the qualities you want to pass on7 Clearly teach what is right and wrong8 Help your children build good habits in their younger years9 Make character building the aim of children's sport10 Show your children that hard lessons can be the best lessons11 Keep focused on sincerity and generosity - habits for our heads and our hearts12 Teach detachment from material things13 Focus on causes and consequencesPart 4: Raising teenagers with strength of characterStart earlyAddress the needs of teenage childrenReject any negative view of adolescenceRecognise potentialHow to raise teenagers with strength of character1 Own up to your innermost values2 Show that your values bring you happiness3 Realise that teenagers are changing on the inside first4 Require teenagers to think, not to do5 Help your teenager internalise the process of developing good habit...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. 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Description: Character is very much the sum total of our good habits - habits such as compassion, 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 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 lead by example, ensure that good habits are encouraged repeatedly, nurture the spiritual dimension in your life, and show love and affection to your partner and children.The book draws on parenting principles from classical times to the present and offers advice from many sources including Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Confucius, Cicero, Goethe, Winston Churchill and John Paul II.This book is essential reading for any parent who wishes to develop good character in their children. Andrew Mullins offers direction and encouragement to parents who want their children to be socially responsible and morally strong. In an engaging way, Parenting for Character offers practical advice on how to raise children of quality.'Dr Tim Hawkes, Headmaster, The King's School, and author of Boy Oh BoyEffective quality parenting is incorrectly labelled by society as "assumed knowledge". Andrew Mullins helps parents erect scaffolds and to continually assess "work in progress". Parenting for Character is essential reading for all parents!'Michael Quinlan, Principal, James Ruse Agricultural High School.Andrew Mullins career has included over 25 years' teaching the humanities in Australian secondary schools, leading to his interest in presenting the wisdom of classic thinkers and philosophers. In his position as headmaster of Redfield College, Sydney, he has developed a strong policy of involving parents in the process of reflecting desirable values to young people. He "My experience is that parents who keep their focus on these priorities, patiently and lovingly, give their children something of incalculable worth. The Talmud, a type of ancient Jewish guidebook for life, sums it all 'The one great requisite is character'. Plutarch, the famous Greek historian writing in Roman times, knew how to cut to 'Character', he wrote, 'is simply strongly established habit'." This book had its origins in a series of successful talks presented to parents.ContentsPart 1: Parenting foundationsPrinciples of raising children with character1 Create unity in the home2 Build up habits of affection with each child3 Have high but reasonable expectations4 Lead by example5 Create customs of close parent-child communication6 Manage the inputs7 Let your child wear his or her mistakes8 Place a high priority on honesty9 Enjoy family life10 Be convinced that love and correction are not opposites11 Commit to building good habits in your son or daughterAssess your own parentingPart 2: Good habits - the building blocks of characterNot one more theory of how children should be educatedBenefits of habits of good behaviourRepeated behaviours become second natureWe are the sum of our established habitsGood habits and parentingThe four powers - foundation habits for happiness1 Sound judgement2 Responsibility3 Self control4 FortitudeImportance of a spiritual dimensionReview your child's good habitsPart 3: Forging good habitsRaise children who can take control of their own lives1 Establish routines and be consistent2 Delegate, even if it takes more time to get the job done3 Teach that actions should be motivated by love4 Don't let bad habits accumulate5 Don't do the thinking for your child6 Model the qualities you want to pass on7 Clearly teach what is right and wrong8 Help your children build good habits in their younger years9 Make character building the aim of children's sport10 Show your children that hard lessons can be the best lessons11 Keep focused on sincerity and generosity - habits for our heads and our hearts12 Teach detachment from material things13 Focus on causes and consequencesPart 4: Raising teenagers with strength of characterStart earlyAddress the needs of teenage childrenReject any negative view of adolescenceRecognise potentialHow to raise teenagers with strength of character1 Own up to your innermost values2 Show that your values bring you happiness3 Realise that teenagers are changing on the inside first4 Require teenagers to think, not to do5 Help your teenager internalise the process of developing good habit...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Parenting for Character: Equipping your child for life. To get started finding Parenting for Character: Equipping your child for life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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