We who teach should make it clear to ourselves that our aim in education is less good conduct than good character. We may mold good conduct in our children, but it is of value to the world only as it has its source in character. – Karen Andreola in A Charlotte Mason Companion
This is my quote to ponder for the week 
I have often searched for the words to describe this concept, but Karen Andreola wrote them far better than I could. It seems to me like so many parents work hard on getting good conduct (via punitive methods) and yet they completely miss the goal of creating good character in their children. It doesn’t matter if you have kids who only comply. Grownups who comply and don’t have character certainly aren’t a benefit to society. I want my kids to have enough character to question authority when it is wrong. I do not want them to blindly accept what those above them tell them. I want them to be able to make decisions of good character when I am not there to spoon it to them 
One of the things that I respect the most about my parents is that if they said something wrong and we challenged them, they would admit their err and dialogue with us. They were not all-knowing and all-powerful, although they were an authority in the home. Knowing that they were willing to admit their mistakes made it much easier for me to admit mine.
I am so glad that Mrs. Andreola wrote this out so well
