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Family Values Toolkit

Family Values: How to Teach Responsibility

How can parents raise responsible children? Read our tips on teaching kids hard work and persistence, giving them chores, and helping children grow up to be responsible members of the family and society.
Teaching Responsibility, kids washing the dogs
Teaching Responsibility, kids washing the dogs
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Teaching Responsibility, boy learning to do laundry
Teaching Responsibility, kids learning to get organized
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How to Raise Responsible Kids

Responsibility means doing what needs to be done to take care of yourself, your family, your friends, and the greater community. Being responsible means that others can rely on you, that you follow through on your promises.

Kids need to learn that acting responsibly might involve doing something difficult--like studying for a test or giving up social plans in favor of helping the family. Responsibility can also take moral strength--such as saying no to drugs. Here are some ways parents can teach their children to act responsibly and do the right thing.

Read the first tip for raising a responsible child.

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