HONESTY/TRUST

 

trustworthy Warranting trust; reliable.

 

trust \ n  Firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing.
  1. Custody; care.
  2. Something committed into the care of another; charge.
    1. The condition and resulting obligation of having confidence placed in one: violated a public trust.
    2. One in which confidence is placed.
  4. Reliance on something in the future; hope.
  5. Reliance on the intention and ability of a purchaser to pay in the future; credit.

honesty \ n 1 fairness and straightforwardness of conduct

2 adherence to the facts trust \ n
1 assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or trust of someone or something
2 one in which confidence is placed

 

You demonstrate honesty when you communicate and act in a manner based on the truth. Others develop trust in you when, over time, you act consistently to fulfill your commitments. Rules and laws help us build honesty and trust in our society.

 

Quotes

 

“When In Doubt Tell The Truth”
— Mark Twain

 

“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.”

 — Elvis Presley

 

"We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot."

— Abraham Lincoln, 19th-century American president

 

"The truth is not always the same as the majority decision."

— Pope John Paul II

 

 

Family Outings

• Visit a governmental meeting to see law and government in action.

• See a swearing-in ceremony of an official or a witness at trial. Discuss the need for honesty.

 

Activities

• Create a family code of conduct, using drawings.

• Create a trust chart.Mark each time a family member completes a task with which they have

been entrusted.

• Create two masks: one for honesty, another for

dishonesty, and use them to role-play situations.

 

Family Discussions

• What does it mean to steal from someone?

What are the feelings involved?

• What are our family’s rules?

• Name four situations where each one is being trusted.

• What happens when we are not honest with each other?

 

Service Learning Projects

• Find a proposed law your family believes in and

write a letter to an elected official about it.

• Work with a crime prevention agency.

 

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