D.A.K.O.T.A. Tag

Series Summary

I still see the waiting room. That moment opened the Character Matters Series, and it has not let go of me since. Five children, all under ten, sit across from me, each one staring into a glowing screen. No noise. No fidgeting. Not even a glance up when their names are called. At first, it looks like calm. Then it hits me. It is not calm. It is conditioning.

Introduction to the Character Matters Series The moment that stays with me does not happen at a leadership conference. It happens in a doctor's waiting room. Across from me sits a young mother with five children, all under the age of ten. They are quiet. Remarkably quiet. Each one stares into a glowing screen. No one looks up. Not when I walk in. Not when nurses pass by. Not even when their names are called.