Solving The Problem of Parental Minimalism

How should we instill virtue in the next generation?

Parenting can often be reduced to a building up of skills to be placed on one's resume: sociability, math proficiency, computer literacy, and perhaps a few participation trophies too. But modern education can often lack the cardinal virtues: wisdom (prudence), justice, courage (fortitude), and self-control (temperance), as well as the theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity (love).

In this episode, we riff off of Phil's latest pieces for The Gospel Coalition Canada: How Then Shall We Educate?

0:00 - Virtue in Parenting

4:43 - Parental Minimalism and Gaps in Education

10:06 - Potential for Virtue

16:14 - Why Virtue Formation Is Important Now

21:31 - Classical Schools?

27:59 - The Bible and Virtue