Nowadays，parentsarefacedwithmorepressurewhilebringinguptheirkids，wewantourchildrentoreachtheirfullacademicpotential．Wereadtothem，encouragetheirspecialtalents，andsupportthemwhentheyhaveproblems．Iftheychoose
Nowadays，parentsarefacedwithmorepressurewhilebringinguptheirkids，wewantourchildrentoreachtheirfullacademicpotential．Wereadtothem，encouragetheirspecialtalents，andsupportthemwhentheyhaveproblems．Iftheychoosetoparticipateinmusicorsports，wealsohelpthemreachtheirpotentialinthoseareas．Theseareallgoodgoals．
Thereis，however，anevenmoreimportantgoal．Itisagoalmoredifficultthanexcellenceinarithmeticorsoccerortheviolin．Parentsareresponsibleforprovidingtheirchildrenwithamoralcompass．Theyneedtonurtureandtreasuregoodnessintheirchildren．Everychildhasthecapacitytobecomeagood，decenthumanbeing．Tofulfillthiscapacity，childrenneedtheguidanceandsupportofparentsandotheradults．Raisinggood，moralchildrenisthemostimportantjobwewillhave．
Whatisagood，decenthumanbeing？Whilewemaydifferonsomedetails，mostwouldagreethatrespectforothers，kindnessandcaring，honestyandhonor，andareverence （尊重）forlifearekey．Good，decenthumanbeingsarepeoplewithafirmsenseofdirectionandpurpose，amoralcompasstoguidetheirlives．Childrenneedourhelptodevelopthesecharacteristicsandvalues．
However，goodnessisnoteasyforanadult，anditisevenmoredifficultforachild．Theydonothavetheknowledge，experiences，orcognitiveskillstounderstandtheimpactandconsequencesoftheiractions．
Reinforcementissometimesanefficientapproachtobuildingpositivebehavior．Thechildbehavesinadesiredwayandtheparentsprovidereinforcement．Thebehaviorthentypicallyincreasesinfrequency．Thisapproachworksforteaching"Please"and"Thankyou"．Thenewbehaviorismaintained，becauseithelpsthechildgetalongintheworld．
Loving，everydayinteractionsarethebeginningofraisingmoralchildren．Thechildfallsandreceivesadultconcernlearnshowtotreatotherskindlywhentheystumble（绊倒）．Thechildwhomakesamistakeandisencouragedtotryagainlearnshowtosupportothers．Whenparentsintercede （调解）graciouslyfortheirchild，thechildcanseethebasisforfriendship．Whenwetreatchildrenwithrespectandcare，weprovideapositivemodelofhowtobehave．Theseearlyexperiencesestablishpatternsf