[graciegirl]

I think the saying I quoted means...That the most basic ideas of life: respect for others, doing what is responsible, making your own way, are instilled in children by the folks around them and who are loving them and teaching them when they are VERY young.

They may later change from Catholic to Protestant, From Democrat to Republican, from a golfer to a tennis player (OH GOD) from Religious to non religious, from non religious to religious, but it is very unlikely that they will become a crook, if they are raised by ethical parents.

But the name of the thread suggests that we should be talking about charitable acts rather than values in general.

We watched a report on TV this morning of a woman paying another woman's Walmart bill. I am not sure how I feel about that, other than the woman who did it is very kind. Is it the BEST way to help people? I don't know.