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KIDS OF CHARACTER 8/24/2009
Paying The Price
It has been awhile since my children were young. How I remember our kids loving to go to the park and get on the swings. They thrilled being pushed from behind so they could soar to the sky! And, just as exciting as looking up was the pit-in-their-stomach joy when the force of gravity pulled them down. Gravity’s law is simple. What goes up must come down. There is a character law I’ve observed that works with equal precision. When understood by a child, this law accelerates moral, ethical and values development. It is the Paying the Price law. The economist, Milton Friedman, described it as the No Free Lunch law. The Paying the Price law says, if you want something, you must let go of something. As a parent you can teach your child this equation every time you take them with you to buy the week’s groceries: Have your child watch you exchange money for food. What if you want to teach your child or grandchild to practice the Paying the Price law to help them become a responsible child? You can show them Paying the Price equations to be practiced in order to build responsibility skills. Here are three character equations you can teach your children:
Paying the Price is based upon a life truth. If you want something better for your life, you choose to let go of the behavior, the attitude, the thought that is depriving you of what you want. Children who want to be a good friend, a family helper and respectful of property need mentors who will train the kids they touch to practice the Paying The Price character skill. And, the result? A kid of character becomes an adult citizen of our society.
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