Good Things To Do

09.06.08

Expert Suggestions for Fostering Goodness in Kids

CSEE's latest publication project aims at helping parents and schools answer the question "What can we do to create a good world for tomorrow?" An impressive slate of experts has joined us to offer concrete suggestions for parents and educators.

The experts, coming from a variety of fields, have offered suggestions in short, readable essays, in answer to the question "If our goal were a world characterized by goodness, what are your top suggestions for educators or parents to help the process?" Contributors are noted figures in the fields of child development, character education, and other fields important to CSEE's mission of moral growth, spiritual formation, and inter-religious understanding. The publication is scheduled to be ready in February, 2009. For further information, contact CSEE.

Contributors include:

Pat Bassett (President, National Association of Independent Schools)
Marvin Berkowitz (Sanford N. McDonnell Professor of Character Education, University of Missouri, St. Louis)
Nancy Eisenberg (Author, The Caring Child)
Matthew Davidson (Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Ethics)
Elizabeth Dabney Hochman (Editor, KidSpirit Magazine)
Thomas Lickona (Director, Center for the 4th and 5th Rs, author, Character Matters)
Eboo Patel (Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core)
Judith Smetana (Co-Editor, Handbook of Moral Development)
Clifton Taulbert (Founder and Director, Building Community Institute)
Marilyn Watson (Past director, Child Development Project, author, Discipline for Moral Growth)
... and more (contact CSEE for information)