I think the purpose of moral education is to help make children virtuous—honest, responsible, and compassionate. Another is to make mature students informed and reflective about important and controversial moral issues. Both purposes are embedded in a yet larger project—making sense of life.
Miep, a close friend of Anne Frank's often brings the family news from the outside among other small things to cheer them up.
On New Year's, she brings a cake and some flowers.
