Developing Character in Kids
I had an abrupt wakeup call last week when I read Adam and Allison Sweet Grant’s article Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids and Start Raising Kind Ones. If we want the kids in our lives to grow up to be kind adults we need to show them that we value kindness just as much as we value other kinds of achievement. As the dad of three kids in middle school I try hard to talk with my kids about their day, their experiences, and how they are doing academically and socially.