Character Building with the Family Meeting Diary helps families become caring, close-knit and helpful. This 8 1/4" X 11" Diary outlines 52 ready to use family meetings to fill in and cherish. The Family Meeting Diary opens by praising each member for the positive actions he or she did the previous week. The family learns listening skills, how to solve family problems, and plan fun events together. The Family Meeting Diary ends with each member committing to a specific, positive action to "make the family better." These commitments are posted on the refrigerator as visual reminders to all family members. Jean Tracy says, "Parents have the power to do what no one else can do better. Parents can give hope to the future by building character in their children now." With less than 30 minutes per meeting per week, families produce and record a year of treasured historical meetings. This keepsake will hold what the family dealt with, which problems they solved, and what they promised to do to make the family better. Whether a single parent, a stepparent, an adoptive family, a foster parent, or a two-parent family, this Family Meeting Diary offers a powerful approach to building a strong, loving family with solid ties.

The Journal of Character Education is the only professional journal in education devoted to character education. It is designed to cover the field—from the latest research to applied best practices. We include original research reports, editorials and conceptual articles by the best minds in our field, reviews of latest books, ideas and examples of the integration with character education of socio?emotional learning and other relevant strategies, and manuscripts by educators that describe best practices in teaching and learning related to character education. The Journal of Character Education has for over a decade been the sole scholarly journal focused on research, theory, measurement, and practice of character education. This issue includes four empirical articles, a practitioner’s voice, and a book review. Topics covered in this issue include different approaches to character education in the classroom (e.g., using literature, narrative writing), how teachers promote character education, and how coaches may promote character development.

In Women Writing on the French Riviera Rosemary Lancaster examines the varied literary and artistic works of nine women visitors and their unique contributions to the cultural identity of the Riviera in its seminal rise to fame.

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