Dr. Richard Weissbourd, MD
Faculty Member, Kennedy School of Government and School of Education, Harvard University
Raising Happy, High Achieving—and Moral—Children April 13, 2015
The Pennington School at 7:30 pm
112 West Delaware Avenue, Pennington, New Jersey 08534
These days many parents and other adults are intensely focused on kids’ happiness and achievements. But this intense focus on happiness and achievement– and the constant praising of kids that goes with it– can imperil the development of kids’ moral qualities. How can we raise children who are happy, high-achieving and moral? What are the key moral qualities we need to develop in kids and how do they develop?
This talk describes concrete practices at the heart of being an effective moral mentor. It also takes up how children’s moral growth is tied to our own moral growth as adults.