Gilbert's Fables

Conversations centered around stories that teach values to children and create dialog between children and the people who care for them.

Meet Jack Gilbert

Dr. Jack Gilbert is an expert in character education. Until now his focus has been on what it takes to do the right thing at work, especially when our values rub up against opposing pressures.

Gilbert’s Fables reflects his commitment to help nurture children so they grow to live satisfying and giving lives shaped by positive values. They also reflect his commitment to support adults who love and care for children by providing them with ways to nurture positive values.

Jack is a presenter, academic, consultant, and writer. He is the author of Strengthening Ethical Wisdom published in 2007 in which he addresses what it takes to do the right thing every day in health care organizations. He is director of the Master of Healthcare Innovation program and a faculty member in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University.

He earned his doctorate from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Jack is the father of three grown children.

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Haiti: Averting Our Gaze or Seizing the Opportunity for Our Children

A devastating earthquake rocks Haiti. What to make of it? Terrible suffering, death, looting, violence, aid blocked to those who need it, sad stories. Perhaps it is easier to avert our gaze. Truly caring could feel overwhelming and fill us with hopelessness because we can do little to help directly. But what about our kids?

Surely most of them must have seen something about this and have their own reactions. What an opportunity for us to discuss with them what… Continue

Posted by Jack Gilbert on January 21, 2010 at 12:05pm

The Honest Cabbie: A True Story to Share with Your Child

Here’s how to have a great, effortless, conversation about values with the kid(s) you love today! Read this article from ABC Online (January 12th) together or out loud to them:

A New York City cab driver is being praised for returning over $21,000 lost by a visitor from Italy. Felicia Lettieri, who's 72, left her purse in a Manhattan taxi on Christmas Eve. It contained traveling money for her and six relatives. Police told them not to get their hopes up about finding it. The cabbie… Continue

Posted by Jack Gilbert on January 19, 2010 at 10:48am — 1 Comment

What the Media, Values, Revolutions and Dictatorships Have in Common

Do you know the first thing that any group leading the overthrow of a government does when it gets a foothold on power, the very first thing? It takes control of the media; television, radio, newspapers and any other form of communication that it can. Do you know a critical element of any dictatorial regime’s ability to control dissent? You got it, control of the media.

What these revolutionaries and dictators know is that media is influential. They know that… Continue

Posted by Jack Gilbert on January 13, 2010 at 10:30am

Getting Values Back on Track: Steering Away from Train-Wrecks

It comes at us every day and has only been amplified by the proliferation on news and quasi-news channels – a relentless flow of messages that tell us that corruption is everywhere, that doing the right thing counts for nothing, and that everybody is after a fast buck. No wonder over two thirds of high schoolers surveyed by the Josephson Institute believe they will have to lie at work to get ahead. It is nonsense, of course. There are many, many people striving to do the right… Continue

Posted by Jack Gilbert on January 11, 2010 at 10:30am — 2 Comments