“Some strengths … are relatively less common among youth than adults: authenticity, open-mindedness, perspective, leadership, forgiveness, and spirituality. These strengths may simply require cognitive and emotional maturation in order to appear, but the relevant processes might be speeded along by deliberate intervention.
Other character strengths … are relatively more common among youth than among adults: creativity, teamwork, hope, persistence, zest, and modesty. They seem to be eroded during the journey to adulthood, and perhaps these strengths are worthy targets for intervention, although the general strategy here would be to keep them from decreasing rather than building them from scratch.
Rather than trusting to the passage of time and the occurrence of chance to produce a handful of wise people, our society should do all it can to make happiness, good character, and eventually wisdom a realistic legacy for all.”
Ferrari M, Potworowski G, eds. “Teaching for Wisdom: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Fostering Wisdom.” Heidelberg: Springer. 2008.
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