True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. – Helen Keller

Cover and decorate a box (shoe boxes are great.) Put the box in a far corner. Sit out pencils and scrap paper next to it. Depending on your grade, set your ground rules for using the tattletale box. – Tiffany Harvey

I hang a library pocket on the wall and in it I will place 5 popsicle sticks with a child’s name on them. I only do this when a child has problems with tattling. Each time s/he wants to tell, s/he needs to give me a stick. When all the sticks are gone, I say,… Read more »

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them. – John J. McCloy

Make a Respect Wheel. On an 8″ paper plate, students write a word or a sentence which demonstrates ways to show respect towards others. Cut a pie section from a smaller plate (4″plate) which will be the viewing window. Clasp together in the center to create a spinning wheel for respect. – Author Unknown

Keeping Your Cool Have you ever lost your temper? Did you yell and scream or want to hit someone? Maybe your little brother got into your room and played with your toys without asking. Or maybe a friend borrowed your favorite video game and then broke it. That made you mad! Everyone gets angry. We… Read more »

Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: Count to 10 Get or give a hug Stamp your feet Beat up a pillow because the pillow can’t get hurt Draw a picture of your anger Play a video game Run around the house five times Sing along with the… Read more »

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. – Mark Twain

1. I believe in the Golden Rule as the basis of all human conduct; therefore, I will never do to another person that which I would not be willing for that person to do to me if our positions were reversed. 2. I will be honest, even to the slightest detail, in all my transactions… Read more »

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself. — William Shakespeare Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true. Everything that is not puts us in a rage. — Andre Maurois An angry man is full of poison. — Confucius I am too busy with my… Read more »