New Perspectives on Young Children‎'‎s Moral Education explores how to approach young children‎'‎s moral education in a world of uncertainty and change‎.‎ What is moral education‎?‎ How do young children learn to act and interact appropriately‎?‎ How do we enable children to recognise that how they act and interact matters‎?‎ How can character‎,‎ virtues and value help young children internalise qualities associated with living ‎'‎a good life‎'‎‎?‎ Challenging many current assumptions about ethics and education‎,‎ Tony Eaude suggests that a moral dimension runs through every aspect of life and that ethics involves learning to act and interact appropriately‎,‎ based on an ‎'‎ethic of care‎'‎ and enduring qualities and attributes‎,‎ to equip children to resist strong external pressures‎.‎ Drawing accessibly on research in neuroscience and psychology‎,‎ he discusses how young children learn‎,‎ highlighting the role of emotion‎,‎ culture‎,‎ example‎,‎ habituation and feedback‎.‎ Small actions can help to develop agency‎,‎ empathy and thoughtfulness and a sense of moral identity‎,‎ with an increasing emphasis on self‎-regulation‎,‎ a vocabulary of ethics and intrinsic motivation‎.‎ Eaude explores how character‎,‎ virtues and values can help young children and adults to recognize and internalize qualities associated with living ‎'‎a good life‎'‎‎.‎ He identifies how adults and learning environments can support these processes and shows why an inclusive approach is needed‎,‎ rather than focusing on these topics only in particular settings‎,‎ programmes or lessons‎.‎ Recognising pitfalls and dilemmas‎,‎ Eaude argues that an approach based on virtue ethics and an apprenticeship model is suitable in school and other settings‎,‎ both religious and otherwise‎,‎ internationally‎.‎