Whether you celebrate Christmas as the birth of Christ or, as my Jewish friend Michael Josephson puts it, as a time that should bring forth good cheer and everyone’s better angels, chances are you associate the Christmas season with the spirit of love and giving.

Author Archives: Thomas Lickona
Thomas Lickona (www.thomaslickona.com) is a developmental psychologist, director of the Center for the 4th and 5th Rs (Respect and Responsibility), and author of How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain (Penguin, 2018). He writes a Psychology Today parenting blog, “Raising Kind Kids.”