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IT IS a common refrain down the ages: the young of today lack the backbone of earlier generations. In the UK, education secretary Nicky Morgan is ploughing £3.5 million into , resilience and self-control in state-school pupils, and millions more have been pledged for military cadet units in schools, . Across the Atlantic, the has long invested in character education.
Putting aside the debate about whether a grit deficit exists, what does science say about character and how it’s shaped?
The very existence of character…
