My God

Listen Up

• March 3, 2000 – NPR commentator Joe Loconte offers this brief commentary (2:40) on the virtues of old-fashioned child-rearing.
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• This longer piece (28:29) (see "My God") explores the religious training of three 12-year olds: a Muslim boy, an Orthodox Jewish boy, and an evangelical Christian girl. We also hear from eminent child psychologist Robert Coles, the author of The Moral Life of Children and The Spiritual Life of Children as well as a brief subject of attack in Joe Loconte’s piece.
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• An interview with Robert Coles (24:39) on The Moral Life of Children

Write Now

• What is the importance of the three youngsters all being twelve? Did being twelve play any special role in your religious training?
• To what extent does religious training presented here foster or retard tolerance of others?

Read On

• Online discussion with Robert Coles on “the moral life of children.”