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Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults.

I never try to sit down with a moral because kids smell that and run.

It's important to show children love, affection and balance and invest time in their moral upbringing.

Children are primed to take in something of more moral value than they're getting. I know I'm blowing my own horn here, but 'E.T.' had value to it in terms of the feeling about yourself that you walked away with.

It's really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they're thoughtful of other people and that they learn the consequences of their actions.

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.

My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both.

Children are free moral agents and have a right to be exposed to a range of beliefs well beyond the rigid doctrinal confines of their parent's faith, and we have an obligation to insist that they be so exposed, at least in public schools, if not elsewhere.

At around nine or 10 years of age, young people start to decide for themselves what's moral or not, and that's why I like writing for that age group so much.

How can our kids really understand the moral complexities of being alive if they are not allowed to engage in those complexities outdoors?