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Integrity at Seven

Donna L. Emerson

Mom, Juliet looks up from her book,
What’s integrity?

This is a big word. It means that you
do what you believe in; you live by
moral principles.

Huhnh?

It means you do the right thing even when
other people want to do the wrong thing, or persuade
you to join them in something that’s not
good for you.

Hmmm...like on the playground when
people make fun of Riley?

Yes. He walks differently and people
who don’t understand his walk make
fun of him. But I bet you don’t.

Well, sometimes I feel like it. But
I don’t.

That’s integrity.

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