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The Tenley Study Center Issues in Education Series offers families an
opportunity to read about issues that are relevant towards the development
of their children into more mature and service oriented individuals. The
topics are geared toward helping parents make more informed decisions
regarding the education and upbringing of their families. Below are the
current listing of issues that the Tenley Series has tackled to date.
More publications will be available in the future. If you would like a
copy of any of the Tenley Publications contact the business office at
202.362.3470 and we would be happy to send you one.
CHARACTER
What is Character? We often hear, these days,
about the importance of character: the necessity of character in our public
servants and business leaders; character formation as a vital aspect of
the education of youth; even self-help books that advertise "10 easy
ways to build character and achieve your goals in life." But for
all the discussion of character, few bother to define what it is, exactly,
they are talking about.
FREEDOM
The transition between high school and college is one of the most
crucial points in a young person's life. The first months of college
are a time of aspirations and ideals, of hopes and dreams, and of high
anticipation. They are also a time of not a little confusion and uncertainty,
as questions about how to deal with new peers, new situations, and new
intellectual and moral challenges abound.
DATING
When it comes to dating, young men today are essentially on their own.
Whereas generations past were instructed and supervised in their relations
with a scrutiny that many parents today would find uncomfortably intrusive,
the current generation is without either inherited social customs or adult
guidance in the matter that is uppermost in their minds: how
to deal with the opposite sex.
COURTSHIP
Courtship is the name we give the process by which a man and a woman together
engage in an exercise in vocational discernment leading to a critically
important joint decision. The question they have to answer together is
this: Shall we marry each other or not?
THE HOME
Learn how to make the home a place where children can grow in virtue and
families can become stronger through the relationships
formed there.
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