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Living and Teaching Ethics in Your Family

Molleen Matsumura

Ask Lois Kellerman, a longtime Ethical Culture Leader, what she’s thinking when she creates moral education programs for children, and the first thing she says is,“You’re creating more than a curriculum—you’re building a culture that nurtures the growth of humane values. Even tiny details make a difference. For example, at the Humanist Community Sunday School in Palo Alto, we had kids take their shoes off for two reasons: It was a noncoercive but effective way to keep kids from ...

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