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New Year's Resolution: Give Yourself (and Your Kids) Peace on Earth All Year Round ... With Better Manners

National Children's Charity KidsPeace and Writer on Children's Manners Ask Families to Make a Resolution that Will Last a Lifetime

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New Year's resolutions rarely last a week, much less a year. Wouldn't it be great if there were one resolution that lasted all year, made you and your children healthier and happier -- and didn't cost a cent?

The 125-year-old national children's charity KidsPeace and the author of a new book, "Manners I. Care," are teaming up to offer weary, overstressed families a different idea for a holiday gift or New Year's resolution ... a pledge to focus on and improve their children's -- and their families' -- lives by helping to improve their manners. This is not, experts say, just a "nice" thing to do. According to child crisis specialists, manners are more than the social glue that holds our society together. Good manners and behavior can greatly improve the quality of our lives and bad manners and behavior can often be signs that something is amiss.

To help parents aid their children in developing better behavior and discover the sometimes unseen, underlying causes of less-than-perfect behavior, such as increasing stress and unsuspected physical or emotional problems, David Bruce, author of the new book, "Manners I. Care," and child development experts at KidsPeace are available to give out lively and positive tips on how to improve family life from the inside out.

"So often, we look only within ourselves for ways to improve our lives," says KidsPeace President & CEO C.T. O'Donnell II. "The truth is that our greatest happiness generally comes from positive experiences with others. Peace on earth starts with peace in the family -- and it shouldn't last only a day or a week."

Dr. Herbert Mandell, medical director for KidsPeace and the KidsPeace Children's Hospital, notes, "Poor social interactions lead to a breakdown in communication, and lack of communication leads to misunderstandings and lost opportunities to help children when they face the normal crises of growing up. A family that improves its interactions improves its communications, and is likelier to become not just happier, but healthier."

"Kids are under lots of stresses today and these often come out in they way they act," says Dr. Lorrie Henderson, child expert and chief operating officer for KidsPeace. "We've developed some simple ways adults and children can start making their lives healthier and happier -- not just for the holiday season or as a resolution for the New Year, but for forever."

Free web resources for kids and families are available at http://www.kidspeace.org , http://www.TeenCentral.net and http://www.familymonth.net , which lists a number of Children's Manners Tips.

KidsPeace is a 125-year-old national children's crisis charity dedicated to giving hope, help, and healing to children facing crisis. Based in Bethlehem, PA with more than 50 centers nationwide, KidsPeace directly helps thousands of children a day to overcome the crises of growing up. Supported by VIP leaders including its national spokesperson Leeza Gibbons and child safety and self-esteem icon RETRO BILL, KidsPeace helps millions more each year through prevention and awareness programs. KidsPeace was named "The Outstanding Organization" of its kind in the country by the American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children and was called "a prototype of what we need for all children everywhere" by the late, nationally renowned child and family expert, Dr. Lee Salk.