It shapes reputations. Chiding us for choosing our clothes more carefully than we choose our words, Rabbi Telushkin urges us to use our words as we would a loaded gun. At the very least, we can moderate the harm we cause by thinking about how the person we re talking about would feel if he or she overheard the conversation. For KNX 1070, this is Michael Josephson reminding you that character counts. Parenting Requires Character E vidence is mounting that more and more parents are spending less and less time with their children and that the result has not been good for the children or society.
Most people say that their children are the most important things in their lives.
Claims of economic necessity and slick concepts like quality time are accepted without full examination of the alternatives and consequences. As a result, some of us are not facing up to the fact that the balance we ve struck between work and time with our families has put our jobs or personal happiness above the duty to our children, and in many cases, our spouses. It s easy to convince ourselves that we need to do what we want to do, but it s useful to remember Nietzsche s observation that necessity is not a fact, it s an interpretation. Even in seemingly extreme circumstances, there are choices. And whether or not we like the alternatives, we re morally accountable for our choices.