Raising June Jones Summary

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In the article, "Raising' Children: A character-based approach to residential child and care". (p.40-45) The author June Jones states it is important to focus on a child's character development so that they can eventually learn to follow what's right rather than thinking of the good and bad of their actions. Jones argues how we usually believe that our own ethical behavior can affect our actions towards others; however, teaching children and youth how to act in an ethical manner can eventually become difficult because we are simply not them. Jones states if we want to apply the right values to our lives we can start by thinking what type of people we can be.

Aristotle's opinion in the article, explains the importance of moral character and its
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Moral training is the act of not giving your attention to insignificant things but also seeing the needs of our own interests. Jones demonstrates that children want to focus on the now rather than the later. This moral training brings understanding to children and youth that not all things are good in the beginning. Children will follow what's around them than listen to what being told to do. That can bring consequences with children who have had bad role models and end up with having a bad character. Jones states that this can be avoided by showing a lot of ethical attention so their behavior can form a good character.

The sense of shame in popularity has decreased by raising children. Jones explains, how the sense of shame can bring abuse from a parent unto their child and intending that it is the child's fault. The upside of shame is that it can be seen as a sense of modesty. Shame is able to lead children and youth away from certain situations that they could later regret. Modesty can be shown as a sense of caution. In the article, it states that shame can prepare children and youth for the reality of