Press Release 

For Immediate Release
Contact: Dottie DeHart
(828) 459-9637 or DSDeHart@aol.com

1. How can we prevent school violence?

2. What is "Moral Intelligence"? Why should parents teach it to their kids?

3. Everyone these days seems to be concerned about the decline of good character in American kids. You call it a crisis. What signs do you see that tell us there is a crisis?

4. What's causing such a decline in our children's moral capacities?

5. You say there are seven essential virtues that make-up moral intelligence and help kids do the right thing. What are they? Are any more important than others? At what age should parents start teaching them to their kids?

6. How do teaching each of these virtues help build children's moral intelligence? How would teaching them stop a kid from say being violent or cruel?

7. You say empathy is the most critical moral virtue that halts violence. Why? Describe an activity parents can do to boost their kids empathy?

8. What are the most common child-rearing mistakes parents make about raising moral kids?

9. You say the third essential virtue is self-control and it seems to be a virtue a lot of people lack these days. Give us an example of a strategy that would improve a child's self-control.

10. How do you know teaching these strategies to kids will make a difference?

11. Today's popular culture is so entrenched with immoral messages, it seems that parents don't have much influence on their kids' moral development. What do you think?

12. Realistically, how would busy parents find time to teach these virtues to their kids?
Name a few easy things parents could do to build their children's moral intelligence.

13. What do you hope others will get from this book?

14. What is the most important thing parents need to know about raising moral kids?