Bringing Up a Moral Child

The saying “Children learn what they live” certainly holds true in the area of morality. The modeling and guidance of parents and other key adults teach a child to discern right from wrong, good from evil—and to want to choose the right and good. Author Jeanne Hunt writes, “The best way to teach morality is very simple: to teach a moral lesson, we must live it.” In this article, Hunt impresses upon readers the importance of modeling and guiding children to choose lives of compassion, honesty, integrity, service, and right living.