The Family Virtues Guide: Simple Ways to Bring Out the Best in Our Children and Ourselves
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
The Family Virtues Guide is a parenting handbook built around fifty-two virtues, one to explore each week of the year. It was compiled by the Virtues Project, and it draws on the teachings of many of the world's religions, so families of different faiths and none can use it.
Read more
Each virtue is introduced with a plain explanation of what it means, practical ways to practise it at home, and signs that it is taking root. The authors also set out the roles parents play in shaping character and suggest ways to bring a sense of sacred time into everyday family life. Written for parents and teachers as well as for children of all ages, the book aims to turn ideals such as honesty, respect and kindness into daily habits that bring families closer together.
Liked The Family Virtues Guide: Simple Ways to Bring Out the Best in Our Children and Ourselves? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked The Family Virtues Guide: Simple Ways to Bring Out the Best in Our Children and Ourselves. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
Surviving Your Adolescents: How to Manage-and Let Go of-Your 13-18 Year Olds Shares parenting, nonfiction, education -
The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children: Parenting from the Heart Shares parenting, nonfiction, self-help -
Raising Confident Boys: 100 Tips For Parents And Teachers Shares parenting, nonfiction, education -
A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears
“People who read The Family Virtues Guide: Simple Ways to Bring Out the Best in Our Children and Ourselves tend to reach for these next.”
“If you want more of the same (education about parenting), start with these.”
- The Power of Positive Parenting: A Wonderful Way to Raise Children
-
Swagger: 10 Urgent Rules for Raising Boys in an Era of Failing Schools, Mass Joblessness, and Thug Culture
-
Middle School: The Inside Story: What Kids Tell Us, But Don't Tell You
-
Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting: Five Strategies That End the Daily Battles and Get Kids to Listen the First Time
“If it was the parenting that hooked you, try one of these.”
-
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
-
Growing an In-Sync Child: Simple, Fun Activities to Help Every Child Develop, Learn, and Grow
-
Playground Politics: Understanding The Emotional Life Of The School-age Child
-
How To Raise Emotionally Healthy Children: Meeting The Five Critical Needs Of Children...And Parents Too!
