Taking Responsibility

Summary
This lesson discusses the importance of responsibility, and suggests ways in which children can show that they are responsible.

Objectives
• to help children understand the concept of responsibility;

• to explain why it is important to be responsible.

Suggested Grades
3rd Grade
4th Grade

Excerpt
Billy has been playing with his ball, and he has accidentally broken a neighbor?s window.

 What should he do?
 What would you do?

It is not always easy to take responsibility for something you have done. It is especially hard when you might get into trouble if you own up!

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