Assets #26-31 (of the 40 Developmental Assets)
Instill positive values to guide them.
Infants & Toddlers (birth to 35 months)
- Parent(s) values and models caring.
- Parent(s) values and models equality and social justice.
- Parent(s) values and models integrity.
- Parent(s) values and models honesty.
- Parent(s) values and models responsibility.
- Parent(s) values and models a healthy lifestyle.
Preschoolers (ages
3 to 5)
- Parent(s) values and encourages expressions of caring.
- Parent(s) values and models equality and social justice.
- Parent(s) values and models integrity.
- Child learns the difference between truth and lying.
- Child learns that her or his actions affect others.
- Parent(s) values and models healthy lifestyle.
Elementary-Age Children
(ages 6-11)
- Child cares about others.
- Child begins valuing equality and social justice.
- Child begins to act with integrity.
- Child values honesty.
- Child accepts appropriate responsibility.
- Child begins to value good health habits.
Teenagers (ages
12-18)
- Teenager values caring for others.
- Teenager promotes equality and social justice.
- Teenager values integrity.
- Teenager values honesty.
- Teenager values responsibility.
- Teenager values restraint.
The material
on this page is adapted from Starting Out Right: Developmental Assets
for Children, Copyright© 1997 by Search Institute. Used here by
permission.
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