FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER

Vs. Unreliability

• SUGGESTED READING:
   Responsibility
  When the Boys Ran the House
  Backyard Angel
  Romans 14:12
• SUGGESTED MOVIE:
  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  It's a Wonderful Life

FAMILY ACTIVITY:

• Parents can give their children tasks and duties at home where they can demonstrate responsibility such as washing dishes, running errands, etc.
• Teach your children to honor their responsibilities to the community by volunteering with them to work for a charity group for a period of time.
• Talk to your teenage children about the responsibilities of being a parent; of providing for a child; and of the commitment of time, money, and energy required to raise a child. Help them to at least partially understand what an awesome responsibility it is to be a parent.
• Encourage your children to tell the truth about their mistakes. Make it clear that you expect them to admit to their mistakes and take responsibility for their actions. If they admit to doing something wrong before they are caught, thank them and let them know that since they took responsibility they are in less trouble than if they had tried to hide it.
• Take this opportunity to thank your children's teachers for their efforts to help you educate your child. Let them know that you appreciate their willingness to help you educate your children.

CLASS ACTIVITY:

• Each day make one or two students responsible for a task; for example, handing out assignments or making sure chairs are put up.
• If students are seated in groups, make each member of the group responsible for a task during the day, such as collecting assignments or distributing books and supplies.
• Have students put on a skit that demonstrates a person taking responsibility for a mistake and making things right.
• There are times when people have a responsibility to speak up and tell people in authority about another person's behavior. This is usually when a person is doing something that is dangerous to themselves or to other people. Discuss this with your class and have them give you some examples of times when people have a responsibility to do this.

HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:

• Have students keep a binder with all of their returned class assignments to be turned in at the end of the semester.
• Talk about some problems facing our community, or our school, and ways that people can take responsibility for solving those problems. How can people who want to improve things influence the community and our governmental leaders to make a positive change? If you see a need to improve something but you do nothing but complain do you have the right to complain? Or do you have a responsibility to suggest positive ways to solve the problem and bring them to the attention of our leaders? What are the limits of our responsibility to help other people? How much must we be willing to sacrifice to help another person? Are there times when you have a responsibility not to intervene to help someone? Under what circumstances is it the right thing to do to let a person we care about fail?

"You are responsible for your own education." -Anonymous

"Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fibre." -Frank Crane

"If you do the crime, you'd better be able to do the time." -American saying

"If your not part of the solution your are part of the problem." -Adage

"The only way to get rid of responsibilities is to discharge them." -Walter S. Robertson

"You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink." -American saying

"We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society." -Former British Education Minister and Prime Minister, Lady Margaret Thatcher

Perform a Random Act of Kindness Each Day

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