Raising a Moral Child - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Surveys reveal that in the United States, parents from European, Asian, Hispanic and African ethnic groups all place far greater importance on caring than achievement. These patterns hold around the world:
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teaching children to care about others is no simple task. In an Israeli study of nearly 600 families, parents who valued kindness and compassion frequently failed to raise children who shared those values.
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For the past decade, I’ve been studying the surprising success of people who frequently help others without any strings attached.
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