Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Quotable Quote--Safety Is Not A Virtue

I care deeply about my children’s safety. But safety is just one important thing to teach our children. And it’s not even anywhere near the most important thing. Keeping your kids from dying or getting hurt is of secondary importance to teaching them how to live. Safety isn’t even a virtue. If you’re teaching your kids more about safety than you are about honesty, kindness, respect for others, responsibility, gratitude, integrity, cooperation, determination, social skills, enthusiasm, compassion and manners, you’re doing it wrong.
--from "What Your Neighborhood List-Serv Tells You About The Demise of America" by Molly Hemingway.

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