Parents and Community Leaders could be better supporters of literature and media that *supports* a return to the basic moral code inherent in every human being. Today we are bombarded with media that blurs moral code, and we accept this because we are lost. After reading this, have a watchful eye for when this occurs, because it's in the seemingly most innocent places!
Popular media and literature teaches us and our children that there are no such things as "bad guys". People are "just sometimes misunderstood". Really? Then explain why I cannot, in good conscience, turn the news on in the presence of my children, with fear that they will be horrified at their discovery of the inherent evil and lack of moral standards in the world today. What kind of world is it that a parent feels they must screen the NEWS like they would a PG or PG-13 movie (that's a topic for another post) for fear that our children will hear about sex, infidelity, kidnappings, brutal murders, rape... before I am ready to discuss this with them?
How does a parent explain? I belong to a church organization with clear moral standards of conduct - I therefore find it easier and easier to explain our complicated world to my kids. But consider those without this iron rod to hang on to, and the societal pressures tempting us to say, "there is no such thing as monsters" "sometimes people are just misunderstood". Does this not just blur the moral lines, make them fuzzy? hazy? easier to cross? easier to accept being crossed?
Popular (Religionless) "spirituality" proponents are guilty of the same thing. They see the world now, as I know one day I'll see Heaven. They seem to be missing from their lives a real awareness, or acknowledgment of the darker side of the world that we must teach our children to recognize immediately, and avoid.
The link on this post title has an excellent article by Jonah Goldberg (National Review Online) on this topic that I loved and wanted to share with you.
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When we return to the classics in our literature and homes, we will see a return to the moral standards of conduct that this great nation was founded on. Our Founding Fathers' parents read these same works to them. I'm not sure we can evolve from where we are, without an incorporation of our past deeply ingrained in us.
~h. Whitley
My sentiments exactly! We need to be very involved with our children. Parents need to spend quality time with their kids. They should learn their values from home not from the filth that is on tv these days or from what they hear in our public schools.
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