Episode 19: Reading of Ch 8 - The Culture of Character: Parents as Trainers

Chapter VIII – The Culture of Character: Parents as Trainers How far does heredity count? – For education, children want only opportunity – An experiment in art education – Character is an achievement – Two ways of preserving sanity – The Plausible reasons for doing nothing towards character training – But the laws by which body and mind flourish, revealed by science – The race is advancing – The duty of cherishing a lovely family trait – Distinctive qualities require culture – Four conditions of culture – Exercise – Nourishment – Change – Rest – Work, and waste of brain tissue, necessary – Danger of eccentricity – Causes of oddity in children – The dreariness of a motiveless life – We must save our ‘splendid failures’ The text can be found here and here.Sponsored By:Potential Sponsor: Here is a place we can put a specific advertising message from you. It will display on the Episode you choose to sponsor. It can be the same as what we say on the podcast, or different. That depends on what you want. Promo Code: HiGoogle