6 Ways to Encourage Wisdom in Our Children

Most commentators agree that, unlike calculus or geography, wisdom can’t be taught in a classroom.
6 Ways to Encourage Wisdom in Our Children
To counter social media and peer influence, seek out adult mentors with sound judgment. Biba Kayewich
Jeff Minick
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“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”

Attributed to British journalist and humorist Miles Kington (1941–2008), that aphorism nicely sums up the distinction between knowledge and wisdom.

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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