Helping Children Develop Moral Character
Category: Parenting -
General
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...