“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Will Durant Aristotle believed that many things were needed for optimal moral development, but one of the most important ...

Kohlberg's theory of moral development outlines six stages across three levels, showing how people progress in moral reasoning from obeying rules to following universal ethical principles. Parents and ...

More and more schools are teaching students how to manage their emotions, in hopes that these skills will improve students’ behavior and relationships with peers and teachers. There is also evidence ...

We want our kids to develop strong characters. But we don't want them to merely have strong characters; we want them to have good characters. A person with good character possesses virtue, which is a ...

Young people have probably spent much more of their time than usual playing video games over the last few months thanks to the coronvirus pandemic. One report from telecoms firm Verizon said online ...

Young people have probably spent much more of their time than usual playing video games over the last few months thanks to the coronvirus pandemic. One report from telecoms firm Verizon said online ...

“That’s not fair!” “She hit me on purpose.” “He’s not following the rules.” Issues of right and wrong come up in classrooms all the time, and it can be hard to know how to deal with them. Punching a ...

Although there are many definitions of character, adults can best help young people develop it if they have a clear idea of what it is and what it is not, moderator Richard Lerner commented in ...

During a two-hour January interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump announced the only limit to his power is "my own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me." That ...