Think back to when your children were two-year-olds.  No doubt, you took a great deal of time, energy and effort  to teach each of your children to be nice and share.  Perhaps that's when you first grasped the concept that being nice and sharing are not inborn traits, but something that must be instilled by parents and caring adults.

Fast forward to today and sadly we see young people growing up in a society where lines between right and wrong, good and bad are severely blurred.  Sarcasm and put downs are a way of life and positive role models seem almost non-existent.  As a result, many kids, even good kids from good homes have become complacent and see nothing wrong with sitting back and doing absolutely nothing while bullies take pleasure in mistreating others.  So, just as parents must teach their toddlers to be nice and share, we must teach our school-aged children: