A parent's one essential job is building a child's spiritual core. A study of 270,000 children aged 8-17 found that those with strong spirituality showed higher levels of grit, optimism, and forgiveness. Character, rooted in spirituality, is what lets kids pursue their missions and succeed.
Beyond loving our kids, there is one and one alone job of every parent, which is to build the spiritual core. If you want your child to be healthier, to have good character, to be able to love and make commitments, build the spiritual core. In fact, Lewis, we looked at 270,000 young kids, 8 through 17. And what we saw was that those kids with a strong spirituality had more grit, more optimism, more forgiveness, Character, which is virtue, but it's also traction towards your mission and goals. Character is how you perform in the world at the end of the day. Mm-hmm. So if you want even an outwardly performing kid, it all is rooted in the spiritual core.
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