How can we teach our children tolerance?
916143
to me i think tolerance is like manners .it shouldn`t need to be taught .If you grow up in an enviroment where every one is good mannered you will behave in the same way and it will stay with you for life  as something you do as naturally as breathing .and  it`s the same way with open mindedness and tolerance and even knowing right from wrong As much as we don`t like the idea when we are young most people at some point realise that they have turned into one or the other of their parents.
378170
Treat the children as equals, provided they are not your children.  Even if they are yours,  do not talk down to them, and don't be hypocritical.  Play the game as they play it.\nRemember how much fun it was to just let your imagination go and play, play, play.
1060948
God teaches us forgiveness too right?\n I say talk to god mono y mono. One on one, use your own words. Say what you did wrong, why you think it was wrong, and how you intend to make amends to whomever you harmed. You feel closer to god and your own spirituality if you take some of the tradition out of your religion and replace it with your heart. It works for me. If god is really a parent over us all don't you think he will want you to feel comfortable talking to him?
367633
The best way to fight ant injustice is not to tackle it upfront, but to create a scenario that outdates the existing scene.\n    Show some living examples to the kids, who are very good and are worthy role models of being emulated.\n    Give more attention to their good deeds and praise them.Don't give much attention to their bad deeds and affirm to them that u love them and want them t become good and grow strong and noble.there's nothing like a mother's encouragement and love, which will change any truant into a good person.
799127
I think the appropriate way to have tolerance is to have tolerance for an individual but not always for that individual's opinion. For example, one should have tolerance for a member of the "flat earth society" (and for the right for that organization to exist to begin with) but to actually tolerate his or her opinion that the earth is flat based on all that we know would be foolish. In the same way, what we know as born-again believers leads us not to tolerate false teachings, but to always be respectful of others and allow them freedom of religion....though always followng the "great comission" to try to encourage them to know that there is one way to salvation and eternal life.
788459
Yes, you are actually right.  That kind of policy is called "zero tolerance."  It is an attempt to enforce the adult "crime and punishment" model on school age children who have had little exposure to the real world.  Educational literature is filled with studies that show these "zero tolerance" schools don't work and actually harm children's educational development, but demands from the community keep them from changing policy.  I went to a school like that and hated it.\n\nMy advice is to keep your nose clean and when you get out of school try not to be cynical.  When you have your own kids, work to change the school's policy and work to change the community.
127759
I think we could learn from the extremists of society. They "harness" the children in religious schools. It works for them. But we are too busy with things like personal rights of teachers and students to be good at training our youth to recognize real social value.
402
It typically works really well to give them a choice about part of the afair. For example, if they need to take a gross medicine, that's not an option. But it will go down a lot better if they can choose to take it with the blue or the red spoon, or to get a kiss or a hug afterwards. I also try to leave room for "rewards". For example, at dinner, the kids can take seconds of whatever they like best after they finish eating. However, I make sure to serve them at least a little bit of everything and make them eat that first, and save some of the stuff they really like for seconds.
1163272
by all means. teach the children to think. don't just teach them to except whatever is thrown their way.
468196
It's obvious all this medication for all these so called "disorders" don't work because 5 year olds are controlling things. Your kid is sick alright, he was born with a sin nature. Ever wonder why babies cry when they don't get their way and are selfish as toddlers?  "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me(Psalm 51:5)". "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him(Proverbs 22:15)". Years ago, when there was no such thing as A.D.D. etc, the parents were in control because they spanked their children, thereby teaching them that choices have consequences. "He who withholds his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently(Proverbs 13:23)". "Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. You shall strike him with the rod and rescue his soul from Sheol(Proverbs 23:13-14)". If you don't whoop him, he will whoop you. One day he will probably be bigger than you and if you don't get him now, what will you do then? He will be an out of control adult who will be dealt with by society, but only much more harshly. So please, for his sake, yours, and the rest of the world's, raise him right!
510503
general education courses, and if your school has classes like parenting and family sciences, pretty much anything that can teach you to deal with little kids... Good Luck
857900
take your kids to an inner city slum or bad area. let them feel how one can end up. if they do not work hard in school to get a good education so they can get a good job and make a nice life for themselves. teach your kids  self reliance. The child has to realize himself that  he needs to get the good grade for himself and not for the parents or teacher. this teaching of self reliance also needs to be applied to all areas of his life. doing chores around the house. never tell him/her you are too small to help cook or do the dishes because he would only get in the way. \nnever invalidate. or treat the child like a child. treat the child as a human being with respect. you get the benefit of not being a slave to your child and when he /she is 18 , they will be ready and able to leave the house. do not tell your kids what to do. but show them how to do it. and they will never rebel. good luck
528088
Ceebra had some great answers. You can also do follow the leader kind of this where they copy what you do. Also you can set up a simple obstacle course where you can encourage them to balance along wide beams, crawl through tunnels, step along stepping stones or in between ladder rungs on the ground. You can put a track on the ground made of masking tape where the children have to walk along the line like a tightrope walker. If you want more physical exertion, try running races (eg "show me how fast you can run (or walk/crawl/fly etc) to the sandpit and back again"!)
92045
if you mix 200 child of 20 different races and let them grow normally without influence from media or parents . \nand you do not let them read anything about disicrimination and so on. and do not teach them who is superior upon other. and teach them to accept the difference. BE sure they will not hate under base of race. simply will hate indivitually.\nI have big experience about that and i have nice story to tell. try to contact me if interested to know.
985850
I think the best thing to tell your children in your situation is that while you are an atheist, you wanted them to have the principles of Christianity instilled in them like they were in you and that you also wanted them to have a sound introduction to Christianity so that they could make their decision about religion for themselves because they may not feel the same way about religion, or God, as you do and you didn't want to influence their choice by not letting them learn about Christian religion.
1154848
I hear you!  A little more tolerance would go a long way towards a much more peaceful world.  Unfortunately, many people just can't seem to see beyond their own limited point of view.  They have taken the word of someone who has taught them their religion like sheep instead of doing any real research on their own to find out what it is that they personally believe.
496643
Who cares?  LEARN TO MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND!!! Can you really believe some kind of harm could, or would ,come from one child talking to another? Learn about other religions and see all the silly little rules they all have.