He also gives an example of thinking of ways you wouldn’t want to be treated. How do you think that boy or girl is feeling?” “New kids always look scared.” Would you be scared if it was you?” “Oh yes.” “What would make you feel better?” “If someone smiled at me.” “So to practice the Golden Rule, you would…” “Smile at the new kid?” (p.11-12) “For instance, a new child who is joining your class. His grandfather advises him to use his imagination. The boy then asks how he can start to practice the Golden Rule. The Shawnee Tribe: Do not kill or injure your neighbour, for it is not he or she that you injure you injure yourself Hinduism: This is the sum of duty: to do nothing to others which would cause them painīuddhism: Do not do to others what would hurt you Islam: Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you Judaism: What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow humans He explains that this message is across all religions (the author adds a note at the back of the book that she has simplified the language):Ĭhristianity: Love your neighbour, as you love yourself.

Further down the road, they see another billboard with the Golden Rule written in a different way:ĭo nothing to other people that you would not like having done to you In the children’s book, The Golden Ruleby Ilene Cooper, the grandfather goes for a walk with his grandson and they discover the words of the Golden Rule posted on a wall. We set the foundation for respect, empathy, perspective taking, and kindness. Peace begins at home. By teaching our children the Golden Rule:ĭo Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You

The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper