Teach them Early Where Their Value Lies

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 2 p.m.

b'The ancient writer\\u2014and father\\u2014Plutarch tells us of a parenting strategy he discovered in the works of Plato. \\u201cYoung people must be taught from childhood,\\u201d he said, \\u201cthat it is not right to wear gold on their bodies or to possess it, since they have their own personal gold intermixed into their soul, hinting (I think) at the virtue that is part of human nature and received at birth.\\u201d It\\u2019s a beautiful idea: They don\\u2019t need to wear that most precious and sought after ornament...beca...'