Purpose: To help children understand the nature of freedom as we live with other people.

Material: A tray containing a variety of small candy bars so that each child present can have one.

Lesson: Independence is a big word. What do you think it means? ... (Self-governing, free from the influence of others, self-reliant. If no one can give the appropriate answer, tell them.) It means you are free to do what you want to do. But we are never really completely independent. We all are dependent upon others to supply most of the things we use in life.

One of the most important places to use your independence is in …