Fairness Doesn’t Always Seem Fair

Fairness is a character trait. Character education teachers teach fairness. Parents teach fairness. Many religious leaders and club leaders teach fairness, but did you know that fairness is often misunderstood? Children yell, “That isn’t fair!” Teens sound off about unfairness, too, but do young people really understand fairness? Give the

Character Plays Fair

Character plays fair in every area of life. Think about that. No matter who you are, where you are, and what you are doing, you play fair if you are a man or woman of character. I read an example of this on my favorite news website today. It was

Fairness and Immigration

Fairness is claimed by many to be one of the pillars of character that upholds our civilization. It is a vital part of our interaction with one another. It should be taught in our schools and practiced throughout our nation. All right. I’ll agree with that. So how does it

Fairness Never Takes Advantage of Others

Fairness is still on my mind today, as I just completed a 5-page article for parents and teachers who want to help young people build fairness into their lives. Fairness is the character trait of the month on our premium membership site and it is there that I posted my

Fairness Must Be Required of Leaders

I’ve written before about our leaders and their culture of corruption – and now that culture is embracing a lack of fairness. This month, one of our leaders is singled out by his club, the United States Congress, as being above fairness. He apparently will be permitted corruption and criminal

Don’t Have Strongly Held Beliefs …

… if you want to be fair. Recently, some in the United States Senate have argued that a prospective judge with strongly held beliefs ought not to be approved for the Supreme Court. Why? Those who argue hold their own strong beliefs that such a judge cannot exercise fairness. Interesting,

That’s Not Fair… from a Child’s Viewpoint.

“Fair” and “unfair” are easy words to learn. Most of us learned them by age three, and were ready to tell adults vehemently, “That’s not fair!” We were quick to sense unfairness and easily hurt by injustice, inequality, and partiality. Most children are. 1.    You told three-year old Bill that

That’s Not Fair… from an Adult’s Viewpoint.

A well-known story describes a vineyard owner, who hired workers one morning, agreeing to a stated wage for a full day of work. A few hours later, he found additional workers and hired them, saying that he would pay them “what is right.” He went out twice more during the

Unfair! Unfair! Unfair!

Craig stared at Teacher’s beautiful new green car. If only his fingers could run across the shiny car. But Teacher had said, “Don’t touch the car while I’m inside with your mother.” So Craig, hands in his pockets, just stared. “Hey Craig. Whose car is that?” Janie, Mike, and David