Helping Children Develop Moral Character

I first began posing moral questions to my children when they were young. Sometimes my questions were prompted by real situations in our lives, but often they came up as a result of watching TV shows or movies together. A moral dilemma would present itself and I’d ask the kids: Do you think that’s right? What do you think is the best thing to do in that situation? My questions were a way of drawing out and reinforcing the moral wisdom I believed they—like all children—naturally possessed...