Above All, Be Kind
It’s not easy to raise children to know who they are and what is truly important in life.
Today’s culture assaults young people with messages that not only steer them away from humane living but also endorse destructive habits and behaviors. As you strive to lead your children – or help others - on a peaceful, productive path, you’re up against an onslaught of violent images, offensive song lyrics, sometimes-dangerous peer pressure and other negative influences.
How can you help children be happy, self-confident and caring while creating a better world?
You need a guide you can trust.
You can offset the forces promoting apathy and materialism. Above All, Be Kind shows you how to teach children to be humane in the broadest sense: not only to become more compassionate towards family and friends, but also to make choices that demonstrate respect for the environment, other species and all people.
“Profound, practical, positive and potentially pivotal, this book is a vital tool in the struggle to raise healthy and happy children who know the joy and richness of service and compassion. Recommended reading for parents, teachers, aunts, uncles – everyone who loves children and wants to see them thrive.
-- Ocean Robbins, Founder, Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!), co-author, Choices for Our Future, and father of twin boys
Written by Institute for Humane Education President Zoe Weil, Above All Be Kind gives you the tools to nurture happier children, deeper family relationships and a better world:
- “The best qualities of human beings” to inspire you and to help you identify the qualities you want to develop in your children.
- A unique questionnaire to explore how well you’re living your values, so that you can become a better role model for what matters most to you.
- Accurate information, so that you and your children will be thoughtful citizens who make more conscious, life-affirming decisions.
- Dynamic activities that teach critical thinking and engender respect for all people, animals, and the environment, bringing together everything you care about.
- Practical tips, stories and examples that make it easier to implement change in any and all aspects of your life.
Above All Be Kind includes chapters for the early, middle, teenage, and young adult years. Of special interest to parents and teachers, this book will also appeal to human rights, environmental, and animal protection activists who wish to reach out to parents. It also makes an excellent gift.
“As a parent of six children, I found Above All Be Kind [to be] the greatest advice I have ever read about raising children. [It] will not only make you a better parent, it will make you a better human being.”
-- Howard F. Lyman, LL.D., author, Mad Cowboy and President, Voice for a Viable Future
There is a way to change the world.
Imagine that the next generation has the commitment and skills to solve the most pressing challenges of our time. Above All Be Kind helps parents and other adults like you nurture that generation.
Order Above All Be Kind today to help children become more aware, compassionate and empowered.
Order from us and receive an additional discount!
“…distinguished by insight, common sense, intelligence and love. When I finished reading it I wanted to hug Zoe Weil. You will too.”
-- John Taylor Gatto, author, The Underground History of American Education and Dumbing Us Down
Listen to a radio interview with Zoe about this book from Family Matters. (April 20, 2006) - (Once at the page, click on the Pod icon to start the interview.)
Read an interview with Zoe about this book from Original Play. (Spring 2004)
Read an article about Zoe and this book from the Bangor Daily News.(February 2, 2004)
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Click on arrow to play file.Zoe Weil - Lime.com Interview - Segment 2
11 minutes | 10.1 megabytes
Claire Papin, host of It's All Good on Lime.com, speaks with IHE's Presdient, Zoe Weil, about tips and tools for nurturing a more humane child.
Zoe Weil - Lime.com Interview - Segment 3
11 minutes | 10.1 megabytes
Claire Papin, host of It's All Good on Lime.com, speaks with IHE's Presdient, Zoe Weil, about tips and tools for nurturing a more humane child.
Zoe Weil - Lime.com Interview - Segment 4
11 minutes | 10.1 megabytes
Claire Papin, host of It's All Good on Lime.com, speaks with IHE's Presdient, Zoe Weil, about tips and tools for nurturing a more humane child.
Zoe Weil - Lime.com Interview - Segment 1
11 minutes | 10.1 megabytes
Claire Papin, host of It's All Good on Lime.com, speaks with IHE's Presdient, Zoe Weil, about tips and tools for nurturing a more humane child.
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