What Is Respect? by Etan Boritzer
In What Is Respect?, award-winning children’s author Etan Boritzer helps young readers explore this important life lesson through engaging text, thoughtful questions, and relatable examples.
Part of Boritzer’s bestselling What Is? series, this book encourages children to think critically, develop emotional intelligence, and discover how respect shapes their everyday lives.
Learning to Respect Ourselves and Others
Respect begins with how we treat ourselves, but it doesn’t stop there. This book explores self-respect, respect for friends, and the importance of treating family members with consideration and empathy.
Children are also encouraged to think about religious and cultural diversity, respect for animals and objects, and our responsibility to care for the Earth. Through questions and real-life situations, the book helps children explore what respect looks like in different circumstances and why it matters.
A Wonderful Resource for Families and Educators
The interactive approach makes What Is Respect? especially useful for reading together and starting meaningful conversations. Parents, teachers, counselors, and caregivers can use its questions to help children express their ideas, consider different perspectives, and develop greater empathy for others.
Whether you’re teaching social-emotional skills, encouraging kindness in the classroom, or helping children appreciate people from different backgrounds and beliefs, this book offers a valuable starting point for discussion.
Recommended by Child and Family Professionals
Professionals in psychology, social work, and family counseling have praised the book for encouraging children to think about the issue from different perspectives. Their recommendations highlight its value as a conversation starter for families, schools, parenting classes, and children’s programs.
Help children discover that respect starts with themselves and grows through the way they treat others
Product Details
- Author: Etan Boritzer
- Reading age: Approximately 5–12 years
- Length: 38 pages
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 8 × 10 inches
About the Author
ETAN BORITZER is the author of the best selling ‘What is?’ children’s book series on character education and difficult topics, now published in 15 languages.
Etan was first published when he was 13 years old and wrote an essay on John F. Kennedy. The essay was published in a New York City public school children’s anthology and tribute. Etan now lives by the beach near Santa Monica, California where he also writes his children’s books.
Etan does lots of readings in schools locally and nationally, and at other places where there are kids, like at libraries and hospitals. Sometimes he travels around to book festivals and meets lots of people, some of whom even like his books (ha, that was a joke!)
Etan also teaches and consults with other writers about writing and publishing. He believes as Audrey Hepburn said while Director of UNICEF “Children are the only hope!”
Reviews
What is Respect tackles a difficult and timely subject. Any parent or teacher will find this book to be a stimulating and excellent tool to open a discussion on exploring the many nuances of Respect. The author presents a comprehensive and thoughtful examination of respecting oneself, others, animals and objects. As an Educational Psychologist and Social Worker who has worked for 30 years with children, ages 4 to 18, I highly recommend this book.
Yael B. Neuman, Ph.D., LCSW, Educational Psychologist
Author Etan Boritzer brings a lot of valuable insights and questions on the subject of Respect for children and families to consider in this book. His style of stimulating children to think about this most important topic from many different directions will support their self-respect and self-love, as well as their respect and empathy for others.
Ruth Berlin, LCSW-C, Family Psychotherapist
How do we teach our children respect and what exactly does that mean? Etan Boritzer does a masterful job of making this concept and its endless application to real life scenarios easy to understand. Read it along with your kids so you can talk to them about it as you go. I would definitely recommend this to parents in my Psychology practice and parenting classes. Boritzer’s entire series “What Is” books should be required reading!
Dr. Judi Bloom, PsyD. MFT
