Character Courses

Interview with Sandy McClousky

2010-02-21T02:37:00Z

Interview with Dr. Valda Byrd-Pediatrician who uses the same character education program in her practice

2008-07-13T22:12:00Z

Listen for some great tips and advice to parents.

Listen to our Interview With a School Teacher

2008-01-27T16:10:00Z

This is an interview with a kindergarten teacher who has implemented the the Peaceful Solution Character Education Program into her class and the results that she has had. Very positive and encouraging results indeed, we hope you enjoy! Stay tuned for more inerviews.

Have you seen the News?

2007-12-14T01:21:00Z

Mall shootings, church shootings, random acts of violence everywhere we turn. It's a very scary time out there for all of us. These people were just going about their daily lives just like you and I do not even realizing that some unstable person with a gun was about to change everything for them and their family's. Its a tragic story just like so many others we see on the daily news. Have you ever stopped to count the number of negative stories verses positive on the news? It's mind boggling!

With all of these senseless acts, I just have to say again how it is so important that we give our children the tools they need to handle today's pressures. I can't help but to think what might have been different if that mall shooter had been taught self control, or how to accept himself or deal with his anger positively. Or if anyone of them had been taught these concepts how the outcome didn't have to be negative.

Our children need taught how to deal with the pressures of life, let's face it it's a different time period from when we were growing up. Gone are the days of children walked safely to the store for some tootsie rolls and skipped back home. That route to the store is full of dangers from robbery and kidnapping and worse. The children face many more obstacles than we did growing up and we have to make sure that they are prepared, fully prepared. Our "talks" are not enough anymore, they need tools, solutions to the new generation problems.

I'm sorry this has occurred, and hope that we can take these as wake up calls that our children are crying out for help. Let's not ignore their cries, let's teach them what they need to know in order to deal with life today. Character Courses can provide the tools and are here when you need us.

Confessions of a blogger

2007-12-10T01:36:00Z

I experienced a real eye opener last night. I was on the phone chatting away when I took a minute to give my son an instruction. "Put it in the bag", I said as I continued with my phone conversation. Just then came this word out of his mouth. The word that all parents have to take a deep breath and consider carefully their response, he said,"why?". Not just any "why" those kind of why's that make you think he is questioning your instruction. I'm usually prepared for those why's, when they come, but this one caught me off guard and I said it. It, I said it, I said "because I said". Now, I was on the phone with a very dear friend of mine who has been practicing positive moral character much longer than I even knew what it meant and she immediately says, "because I said?"Then it hit me like a ton of bricks...Did I just say that? I did, I just said that.

As many times as I have taught that as parents, our responses can make or break the outcome of a situation. With positive responses our children will respond positively to us. I teach it, I practice it, I live it. So why then, what occurred? I didn't think before I spoke, that's what. Or as a wise old woman once said "I chews up my words before I spits em out." I didn't do that. That was a blunder on my part and I had to fix it. I am his example of what a positive character should be, so I went back to him and fixed it. I explained to him what I should have said, how I should have responded and that makes all the difference.

So you see, we cannot always get so upset when our children slip up and act out of character, because we ourselves slip up sometimes but when we do, just like we expect our children to make it right and try harder next time, we must do the same. Lesson of the day, always stay on guard, chew up your words before you spit them out, and if you err, make it right and try harder next time.