Do any of you make a concerted effort to refer your children to biographies of accomplished people, or pull in friends as mentors to your children?
Some of my favorites are Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein and a few others. I think their examples of dedication, wide array of knowledge, and their ability to persevere are character traits I'd like to see in GS8. So many of the popular figures in the news today leave a lot to be desired. Sure, that football player is a great athlete, but he goes home and beats his wife or fights dogs or gets drunk -- and those things also end up in the news.
