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Teaching children ethics

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Teaching children ethics is a priority that all parents should have in the many things that are important for raising our children to have a successful future, as well as to make the future world they will lead, more peaceful and a better world that we all want it to become. The parent must first start teaching there children from the very begining of life, by setting the great example in front of there young child as to what they expect there children to become or act in there future life. It's important that you begin setting an example of ethic that you want your children to have, and this is most important to our world's future, and it's important to show and teach this ethic to our children, by showing the same ethical value we want our children to show. I know I'm a mother that tries to teach strong ethics in my children, and my daughter had a question that was concerning ethic when she began kindergarden in public school, and the question was answered with the example below, and perhaps you to can explain ethic to your young child in such way, especially when the child is young, and pops that question that puts you on the spot and not knowing how to answer in a way that a child could understand and learn from, that can help them to develop strong ethics in there life.

Brittany started kindergarden and had always been around just family, and not too many different people, until kindergarden. The first day at school was a bit of a transition and it was tough on her, as well as me, and we both had a pretty tough time trying to adjust, as we had spent all of our time together as mother and daughter. Brittany and I did'nt much get out and do things, other than Grocery shop, and other errands, otherwise we did home chores and played together all day as mother and daughter. I never realized really how mature she was and I guess her adult like questions should have been my first clue that I missed totally, but should have seen the apparent lesson that stemmed from the maturity and adult ways this four year old showed, and talked. I realized this on her first day of kindergarden, and I realized the obvious that I should've already saw, that Brittany was not introduced to any children for the most part of her life, she had been around mainly adults. Brittany also was'nt closely introduced to those people that are different in many ways from me and her, because we stayed home, and family and my one friend were pretty much the same in


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