A Grander Vision: Character-Building and Our Young People

A Grander Vision: Character-Building and Our Young People
At one time, the crucial component in education was forming a child’s character. “The Country School,” 1871, by Winslow Homer. St.Louis Art Museum. Public Domain
Jeff Minick
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If you are the parent of a child under the age of 18, before reading this article take a moment and ask yourself this question: “What do you want most in life for your son or daughter?”

In her online article “George Washington’s Character,” Katherine Kersten compares the education and upbringing of Washington and his peers to that of today’s Americans, and wonders whether we “have largely forgotten the importance of character.”
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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