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TRUTHFULNESS: Earning future trust by reporting past facts
Vs. Lying
- SUGGESTED READING:
The Bernstein Bears and the Truth
Let's Talk About Cheating
Honesty
Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance
Honestly, Myron
Ephesians 4:25
- SUGGESTED SONGS:
Telling the Truth
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
- Parents can give examples of truthfulness in life such as
returning what has been borrowed, returning money that has been
found, and keeping agreements and promises.
- Teach your children honesty by example. Make it a habit not to lie
to them.
- Talk to your children about times when you want them to lie to
protect themselves, like when a stranger calls and they are alone.
Teach them the difference between that and lying to avoid punishment
or to get another person in trouble.
CLASS ACTIVITY:
- Discuss why telling the truth is important. Also discuss times
when it might be dangerous to tell the truth, like telling a
stranger that your parents are not home.
- Have students write a short paper about a person who told the
truth when it would have been easier to lie.
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:
- Discuss whether or not students feel they can believe what
politicians, the news media, teachers, and other people in
leadership positions tell them. If they don't, ask them why these
people would lie to them?
"I've learned that a person is only as good as his or her
word." -From Live Learn and Pass It On by H. Jackson Brown
"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth."
-Henry David Thoreau
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them
pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened."
-Winston Churchill
"The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is
Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility." -Charles
Caleb Colton
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