Can a Character Building Quiz guide parents? Definitely! Great kids don't happen by accident. Great parenting builds great character in kids. How? Take the quiz and you'll find out.

Parenting Quiz for Character Builders

Ask yourself, "Do I?"

1. Say "No" to my child and stick to it?

2. Discipline without anger?

3. Listen to my child?

4. Give my child chores?

5. Refuse to accept sassiness?

6. Set a bedtime for my child?

7. Monitor TV shows, computers, and video games?

8. Spend fun time with my child?

9. Talk respectfully with my child?

10. Refuse to exchange heated arguments with my child?

11. Think before I discipline?

12. Teach my child how to solve problems?

13. Praise, hug, kiss, and give positive attention to my child everyday?

If you answered "Yes" to all the questions, congratulations! You are a Kind and Firm Character Builder.

If you answered "No" to any question, think about making some changes. You can do it. I know you can. All it takes is practice, practice, and more practice. That's all there is to it. Just read these questions from time to time. Strive for "Yes" answers and you will be building character in your kids.

Jean Tracy

Jean Tracy, MSS "Granny Jean" helps parents, teachers and counselors, raise awesome kids with solid characters. She graduated from Seattle University with a degree in education. She taught elementary school in Washington, California, and Connecticut.

Inspired by her desire to help the problem children in her classes, Jean returned to graduate school. She earned a Masters Degree in Social Work from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Upon returning to her home in Washington State, she worked as a probation officer and then developed a private counseling practice with families and children that spanned 22 years. During this time she earned a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work.

When asked how she developed her parenting books and products, she tells a unique story. "When I was an intern counselor in an old elementary school in Pennsylvania, I shared my office with the janitor under the stairwell. When the bell rang, the children's pounding footsteps drowned out every counseling session I ever had. The office itself had buckets, mops, and assorted cans lining the walls. The light bulb overhead swung back and forth casting creepy shadows everywhere. My counseling tools were broken down toys in a huge vinyl bag. Those toys never seemed a good way to counsel kids.

When I started my counseling practice, I looked for better skills to understand the kids I counseled. Over the years I developed fun ways to communicate with kids, to help parents help their own kids, and build character too. My unique parenting books and products are the result."

Jean Tracy, "Granny Jean" is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She is also an award-winning Distinguished Toastmaster and professional speaker. Her presentations, include:

1. Build Character Now! Practical Tools for Busy Parents 2. Discipline Styles, 3 to Lose and 1 to Choose 3. Family Meetings: This Special Formula Builds Character 4. Teach Your Child Success! 1 Simple Formula, 3 Easy Steps

Granny Jean's presentations are full of stories and interactive activities that will help you as parents, teachers, and counselors build solid character in your awesome children.