Golden Rules: The Ten Ethical Values Parents Need to Teach Their Children

by Wayne D. Dosick

Timely and timeless, this handbook offers thoughtful, much-needed advice to both new and experienced parents who want to raise decent, ethical children in today's complicated world. Dosick identifies the standards of ethical behavior that distinguish right from wrong and demonstrates how to instill these basic values in children from tots to teens using simple, everyday methods.

Genres: Parenting, Philosophy

276 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Christina Richards]

What a beautiful little book. I believe I picked up this book while pregnant with my baby. The ten ethical qualities are: respect, honesty, fairness, responsibility, compassion, gratitude, friendship, peace, maturity, and faith. This book was written in 1995, thus some of the references are out of date, but the values remain the same. There were some religious beliefs in the book, but I believe if you just think about these ten ideals and apply them to your daily life and the 2025 timeline, they will remain the same.

[Zach Freeman]

A good read with plenty of helpful info but it often reads like an amalgam of a bunch of other parenting and self-help books, sometimes a little too vague to be especially memorable or helpful. But it is still a pleasant reading experience and offers a lot of positive concepts and thoughts on how to be a parent for kids of all ages.

[Shelly Nicholson]

This is one of the best books I read. Great advice for raising children. I suppose I tried to instill these rules into my children without the book, but to read this information from one source with my grandmother eyes, excites me. I look forward to watching my grandchildren grow with the love and commitment of their parents and all others who love them.

[Lorraine]

A wonderful little book on the basics of ethics and morality. A true GEM of a book.

[Patak Ulan]

A good book for parents. I love the lumies. Will be reading it again.