The #1 Priority Every Parent Must Teach
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
As a parent, have you ever found yourself torn between teaching your child the importance of good character and the desire for them to succeed in life? On this episode of Timeless Wisdom, Dennis delves into the ultimate issue of raising children and the role of character in their upbringing. He argues that character should be the top priority, above all else, including happiness, success, and even health.
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| 0:00.0 | Life Audio. |
| 0:04.3 | On today's episode of timeless wisdom. |
| 0:07.7 | Raising children is the ultimate issue of this particular hour, and specifically, |
| 0:13.8 | specifically the issue of character uber alas, character above all, |
| 0:20.7 | that in setting priorities for how we raise our children, Uber alas, character above all. |
| 0:26.8 | That in setting priorities for how we raise our children, character has to be number one. |
| 0:38.9 | And for very, very, very many parents, goodwilled and decent people very often, character is not number one in the way they raise their children. |
| 0:42.5 | That's coming up on timeless wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
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| 1:13.2 | Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 1:17.0 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, |
| 1:21.4 | and to purchase Dennis Prager's rational Bibles, go to Dennis Prager.com. |
| 1:29.6 | To be or not to be. |
| 1:33.8 | That is the question. |
| 1:36.3 | Where was God? |
| 1:37.4 | Isn't God supposed to be good? |
| 1:39.1 | Isn't He supposed to love us? |
| 1:40.5 | Does God want us to suffer? |
| 1:42.6 | Ten years you're not finished yet? |
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