Quote
William A. Ward wrote, “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher…
Mission · Formation
Ward
Analogy
What They Actually See
common parental wisdom
Children rarely do what we say. They do what we do. The gap between our stated values and our actual patterns is one of the most effective teachers in the home. Lectures about honesty lose force when the child watches small deceptions. Talk about kindness is undercut by the tone used with a spouse. The most powerful curriculum is still the unscripted life they observe every day.
How you’d preach it
Sobering for parents and leaders. Children absorb more from observation than from instruction.
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