Practice what you preach, but also preach what you practice: Thomas Lickona on raising children of character.

Thomas Lickona

Thomas Lickona, Ph.D., is a psychologist and educator who has been hailed as “the father of modern character education.” A professor of education emeritus at State University of New York, Cortland, he is the founding director of his university’s Center for the 4th and 5th Rs (Respect and Responsibility) and author of nine books on moral development and character education, including Raising Good Children, Educating for Character, Character Matters, Sex, Love, and You, and How to Raise Kind Kids (April 2018).

He is on the Advisory Board of the Catholic Education Resource Center. He has been a guest on national media such as “Good Morning America,” “Larry King Live Radio,” “Focus on the Family,” and National Public Radio.  Visit his web site here.

When I read this post by Thomas Lickona on Raising children of character, I knew I wanted him to talk to parents listening to our show. And to my utter amazement, he agreed. This podcast has many tips where Thomas shares his own wisdom about raising Christian children.

In this episode, I talk to Thomas about raising children of character.
He speaks about:

-Why character development is so important for kids?

-How kids need and appreciate discipline.

-And how children learn by example and repetition.

-How we need to remember we’re raising future adults

-How fostering spiritual development is the best gift we can give our children.

Raising Children of Character