AT HOME:

AT SCHOOL:

IN THE COMMUNITY:

IN YOUR CONGREGATION:

• Model honesty in your daily life.
• When you fudge the truth, admit it and apologize.
• Encourage and expect family members to be honest with themselves and each other.
• Catch your children being honest.
• Talk through situations where it's tempting to be dishonest and think of solutions together.
• Never punish your kids for being honest with you.
• Discuss situations observed of honesty vs. dishonesty and consequences.

• Include honesty in your school's stated and posted values & expectations.
• Establish clear boundaries and consequences for dishonest behavior. Publish them in the school handbook.
• Teach honesty skills in the classroom.
• Ask students to tell in their own words what honesty means to them.
• Make it easier for students to be honest than to be dishonest.
• Encourage and expect all faculty and staff to model honesty.

• Model honesty as individuals and as a congregation. Be honest in your dealings with your membership, your neighbors, and your community.
• Make honesty a topic of sermons, homilies, articles in worship bulletins, and mailings to member households.
• Use sacred writings and stories to illustrate the importance of honesty.
• Give members a safe place to struggle with tough ethical and personal situations where honesty can be difficult.