For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.

every black baby in this country.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why they deserve both admiration and allegiance. Children must learn to identify the forms and content of those traits.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.