| | |  | | Home » What Do You Stand For? For Teens: A Guide to Building Character | | | | | | | Description: | | Young people need guidance from caring adults to build strong, positive character traits—but they can also build their own. This book by the best-selling author of The Kid’s Guide to Social Action invites children and teens to explore and practice honesty, kindness, empathy, integrity, tolerance, patience, respect, and more.
Quotations and background information set the stage. Dilemmas challenge readers to think about, discuss, and debate positive traits. Activities invite them to explore what they stand for at school, at home, and in their communities. True stories profile real kids who exemplify positive traits; resources point the way toward character-building books, organizations, programs, and Web sites.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Barbara A. Lewis | | Paperback:
| 284 pages | | Publisher:
| Free Spirit Publishing | | Publication Date:
| September 01, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1575420295 | | Product Length:
| 10.98 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.52 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.75 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.49 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.4 inches | | Package Height:
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35 of 37 found the following review helpful:
 What Do You Stand For?Apr 12, 2000
This is an exceptionally well written book. The author explains ethics in such a way that children can truly grasp the meaning. Each section contains a story about character in action, character dilmmas, activities, and additional resources on the topic. I highly recommend this to all parents.
27 of 29 found the following review helpful:
What every kid (adult) should readJan 17, 2002
What a well organized, motivational book on defining a person's character. Feeling like courage, friendship, integrity, empathy, caring, etc... For each term the author gives an story-like example and defines the meaning of the feeling, then gives examples and role playing questions of how to respond to ethical questions. A GREAT tool for parents and children. Plus websites and additional resources to understand terms. A wonderful book for parents to make sure their children have the character and responsivness to handle the world's problems. :>) GREAT BOOK! KUDDOS to the Author! I also recommend the American Girl Books as well.
24 of 26 found the following review helpful:
This book was awesome!!!May 31, 2002
By Bernadette Lenardo
This book is by far one of my favorites. A very encouraging book looking at your positive traits. A great way to improve your self-esteem and help others. This book is jam-packed with great things that are good for the soul. I highly recommend this book to everyone; even grown-ups. It is also a great book because it also tells you websites or books you can check into to gain more knowlege about a certain topic. I totally enjoyed this book, and it has helped me a lot!
23 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 Interesting information but poor references..Jul 24, 2008
By P. Newton
"AZ Minis"
I've just started looking through this book and I thought the charts and many of the topics such as Citizenship, Justice, Leadership, Problem Solving, Relationships etc. would be great for my grandsons, but I was quite disappointed with several of the references and people quoted.
Who would ever think of Abbie Hoffman as a role model? The quote was good "I grew up with the idea that democracy is not something you believe in, or a place you hang your hat, but it's something you do." Good idea, but could the author not have chosen a similar quote from someone who wasn't an anarchist and someone who incited violent riots, was disrespectful to the judges and courts in which he was tried, and generally displayed a pathetic hatred for this country? I was around during those difficult times and he was anything but a patriot then. MoveOn.org is hardly a place I would ask my teen to look for unbiased political information. If building character is one of the aims of this book, it has a funny way of showing it.
We'll possibly use some of the worksheets, but don't think I'll suggest my teen grandsons read it. Every reference will have to be checked out first.
I am really torn whether to recommend this book or not. There are other similar publications out there that present better examples to teens and young adults.
PS I've now read this book and find the topics stimulating and well worth spending time working through them. However, I still question many of the references and strongly suggest that anyone who buys this book should check out the references before recommending them to a teen. Also, if you are strongly religiously oriented, you might want want to make up your own examples and activities.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
WOW!Dec 04, 2010
By Tara
I am currently teaching in a post-secondary special educaiton setting. Our school provided us with many resourses on character development, but this book was not one of them. I found this book at a local library and fell in love! This book is perfect and has so many great ideas and resources!! I NEEDED THIS BOOK!!!!
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