Hempstead City of Character

Parents - If you haven't already read
the pages on "Developing Character in
Your Children," you might want to go
there first before reading these pages.

Practicing Tolerance

Let your children plan a
family outing. As
differences arise, use those
as occasions to work
through their differences by
asking insightful questions.

Help me understand..."
Are you saying..."
Why do you want to..."
Can we put these two
contradictory ideas
together in some way?

After the outing, tell the
children the real point of
the outing was to help them
grow in understanding each
other. Ask what each
learned about the others in
the family.

You might choose to draw a
stick figure of each member
and write the comments
that were made. Ground
rule: be kind!

The child who is it chooses either an
historical figure or someone the family knows.
He should say which the person is.

The others then take turns asking questions
to try to determine who the "mystery person" is.
If the others haven't guessed the person's name
by 20 questions, the one who is "it" has won.