Children get informal lessons in manners and morals every day. If Mom describes someone’s grocery store behavior as “inconsiderate” because they block the aisle with their shopping cart, that’s a mini-lesson in manners. If Dad says, “That’s wrong” when he discovers his parked car is damaged and no one left a note, it’s a mini-lesson in morality. But what if Mom or Dad intentionally decides to start up a conversation with the children about manners or morals? There may be little interest shown, especially if the children are teens...

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