The Young and the Color-Blind
When should kids learn about racism?
By Steven Waldman
Dr. Laura's Cure for the Gimmes
The radio personality explains how her best-selling book teaches kids impulse control.
Consumers R Us
Dr. Laura's newest book for tots teaches kids about the desire to acquire.
By Carla Barnhill
A Non-Homophobic Home
My faith impels me to teach my children that love comes in many forms, both straight and gay.
By Rosemary Bray McNatt
I Let My Son Play with Toy Guns
One mom sees no correlation between childhood games and dangerous adult behavior.
By Barbara Russo
11/06/2000
How I Disarmed My Gun-Toting Kid
To a mother who once felt the allure of shooting, even pretend toy guns are too real.
By Lauren Thompson
11/06/2000
Boys & Guns: What's the Attraction?
Dr. William Pollack, author of "Real Boys," discusses the biological imperative.
By William Pollack
11/06/2000
Kids for World Peace
At the Bruderhof Children's Crusade 2000, kids from around the world figure if they can get along, adults can too.
By Frances Borsodi Zajac
08/15/2000
Mrs. Vogel's Abolitionists
Fifth graders in Colorado have taken on abolishing slavery in Sudan as their class project.
By Anne Morse
07/13/2000
Give Peace a Chance
Teaching kids to control their anger is a value that benefits not only your family but society as a whole
By Meg Eastman, Ph.D., with Sydney Craft Rozen
06/28/2000
Blowing Up at Kids
When you lash out at your child, you lose a lot more than control
by Liza N. Burby
06/27/2000
Bending the Rules
We never allowed our kids to hit us--except this once
By Steven Lewis
06/27/2000
Taking the Pledge
The Graduation Pledge Alliance has students vowing to remember ethical and social issues on the job.
By Colman McCarthy
5/31/2000
Like I Care
Raising compassionate kids
by Tom McGrath
03/02/2000
How Kids Learn Gratitude
There are simple ways to cultivate your child's natural thankfulness.
By Jean Fitzpatrick
Ethical Parenting Column Index
By Joseph Telushkin
Whose Application Is It, Anyway?
A parent wonders if it's cheating to help her child with a college essay.
By Joseph Telushkin
What's Inside the Package?
Remember what really counts when applying to college.
By Jean Fitzpatrick
Teach Your Children Well
Advice on raisng moral children in the coming year.
By Joseph Telushkin
01/05/2001
Loving Competition
Competition is often stereotyped as cutthroat, brutal, and therefore 'bad.' A former basketball player sees it differently.
By Mariah Burton Nelson
09/20/2000
It's Okay to Be Average
In a world that worships superstars, one mom believes that there's nothing wrong with having ordinary kids.
By Sally Stich
08/24/2000
Mommy, I'm Scared!
Soothing your child's fears means giving her the spiritual tools to feel secure.
By Mimi Doe
08/09/2000
Casseroles on the Doorstep
In a time of need, a mother realizes how important it is for her kids to be embraced by a faith community.
By Jean Fitzpatrick
August 2000
Helping Children Manage Fear
August 2000
By Mimi Doe
And the Award Goes to . . .
We need to recognize kids for being good people as well as star students or athletes.
May 2000
By Rabbi Sandy Sasso
Kindness Counts
May 2000
By Mimi Doe