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American Youth Struggle with Honesty and Ethics

Source: The Josephson Institute

The 2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth reveals alarming habits of America's Youth. The Josephson Institute on Ethics interviewed nearly 30,000 high school students and identified the following trends:

STEALING - More than one in three boys (35 percent) and one-fourth of girls (26 percent) admitted to stealing from a store in the past year. The total overall theft rate of 30 increased from the 2006 rate of 28 percent.

LYING - 42 percent of those students surveyed indicated they sometimes lie to save money. (49 percent of males. 31 percent of females.) This is up three percent from the 2006 total of 39 percent. Of even greater concern is the fact that 83 percent of the students admitted they lied to their parents about something significant.

CHEATING - Cheating in schools is increasing at an alarming rate. 64 percent of students indicated they have cheated on a test during the past year. (38 percent did so two or more times) This is up four percent from 60 percent in the 2006 report.

Give Your Child the Values They Deserve

Parents can combat societal pressures with the right approach

By Dr. Charles Fay

Peers, TV shows, movies, magazines…With so many external pressures facing kids at younger and younger ages, parents often wonder:

"How do I get my child to listen to me...instead of the'cool' kids at school?"

"How do I teach my child the importance of hard work, honesty, and humility?"

"How can I reach them when they get so many messages that seem to say, 'Who you are is not as important as how good you look, and how many toys you have?' "

Bullying Affects Girls More than Boys

Bullying affects three-quarters of school pupils, with girls affected the most, reports Fiona Mcleod, education correspondent for News.scotsman.com.

The new study conducted by researchers in Edinburgh and York reports that bullying affects significantly more girls than boys and girls suffer more psychological distress as a result.

The study is one of the most comprehensive studies of the psychological affect of bullying, assessing 1,993 pupils aged 12 to 19 at 14 schools.

The researcher discovered that 73 per cent of the students had been bullied, had been perpetrators of bullying or had witnessed someone else being bullied.

Professor Ian Rivers, head of psychology at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, headed the project with researchers at York St John University. He said: "It's really worrying to me what's happening with girls in the 12-16 age group."

Behavior Raises Questions about Teen Ethics

Dr. Wes Crenshaw, a board certified family psychologist and director of the Family Therapy Institute Midwest, raises concerns about teen ethics. In a March 4, 2008 article, Dr. Crenshaw states that “an increasing number of teens do not consider life with any ethical frame of reference.
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