More If You Had to Choose What Would You Do?

by Sandra McLeod Humphrey

Following on the popularity of her first book, If You Had to Choose, What Would You Do? children's author and psychologist Sandra McLeod Humphrey continues her series on kids making tough moral choices in a complex world. This new interactive book encourages parents and teachers to talk to children about their values and helps kids formulate their own personal value system in the face of peer pressure, even when following their own conscience means going it alone. The twenty-five contemporary scenarios presented are situations that children can easily identify with, and the questions at the end of each chapter encourage productive, in-depth discussions about the moral choices suggested by a particular story. Readers can easily personalize each short tale or use them as jumping-off points to make up their own problem scenarios to fit specific circumstances.Above all, this is a fun book! Kids will enjoy reading through each short situation and then deciding what they would do. Best of all, they'll learn that just as their bodies need exercise to build strong muscle and bone, moral character also needs "sets" and "reps" to keep it fit. In a society where rules are ambiguous and role models transient, this excellent book will guide children through everyday problems and instill in them a sense of responsibility for their own choices and actions.

Genres: Social Issues, Childrens

140 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2003

Reviews

[Sandra McLeod · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a sequel to If You Had to Choose, What Would You Do? and
is an interactive book about moral choices for children 6-12. There are 26 stories about moral dilemmas and the reader is asked what he or she would do in that situation. Each story is also followed by thought questions which stimulate great discussions. The stories are fun for the kids to read and they get them thinking and talking about important moral issues. Recipient of the 2008 American Authors Association Silver Quill Award.

[Katey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the "stories" or rather, situations/moral dilemmas are for older children more than others, but in current climes when many children aren't exposed to proper guidance regarding basic, correct morality (as in, they don't receive it from one or both parents) in the living arrangement they have, this book can be quite helpful.

[Terry]

See our review of this and other books in Sandra McLeod Humphrey's "If You Had to Choose" series at the Reading Tub.