December 7, 1988
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By practicing "respectful engagement," teachers and parents can help children learn to "reason autonomously about moral problems," suggests William Damon in the following excerpts from The Moral Child: 
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The language of crisis is commonplace in education. Educators have learned to live with "crises" of finance, curriculum, competence, and confidence.
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