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Teaching Your Children (or Grandchildren) Humility, by Dan Fitzpatrick – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Dan Fitzpatrick, Catholic Stand, May 2, 2026

Dan Fitzpatrick is a cradle Catholic husband, father, and grandfather who was a 40-year educator in Catholic schools, with 34 of those years as a Catholic elementary school principal. …

Many adults say today’s children and young adults are the me-generation, the selfie-generation, or the narcissistic-generation. But it is today’s parents that bear the blame for this.

Modern culture has conditioned young people to believe that “everybody deserves a trophy.”  As such, many in this age group wrongly assume that they are the most important people of the world.

This is not to say that self-centeredness only affects the younger generation. Humility is something that most everyone thinks they have, but most likely, most of us do not. ….