Your children can be upstanding citizens - but it's up to you to inspire them

Author Michael Ungar gives tips on raising socially conscious kids in his latest book, "We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids"

Tralee Pearce (From Tuesday's Globe and Mail, April 21, 2009 at 9:16 AM EDT)

An elementary-school principal, driving home after work, passes by one of his students playing road hockey. The principal waves. Instead of a reciprocal wave, the student shouts, "F*** you!"

The next day, the principal calls the 11-year-old boy's parents, and the mother's response is: "You have no right to discipline my son. He was off school property and it was after school hours. You have no say over what he does."

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