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Whose
job is it to instill values and morals in our children? Are we leaving this
important stuff up to the school system because we are too busy working to
maintain a comfortable lifestyle? It used to be back in the forties and fifties
that the teachers were moral individuals, subsequently; they also taught the
class ethics and how to treat others properly. Some of today’s teachers are
having some deep moral issues within themselves that could directly affect the
children in a negative way.
Today,
many of the children in school are bullies and intolerant. Children are not
taught to respect and accept others. I
guess a lot of children these days have to learn the important aspects for
building character on their own. They will learn how to respect others by
playing video games and watching TV. Some of these children probably will not
make it through life and will end up spiritless and on the streets. Maybe on
antidepressants for the made-up disease they call Attention Deficient Disorder.
(Take your child off all forms of sugar, processed and starchy white floury
foods for one month and see if they still have an attention disorder?
If our
new generation of children, soon to be adults are not taught how to respect,
forgive and love others properly how on earth can they expect to be able to get
along with a spouse in marriage? If I were a child today, growing up in a
public school, I would feel very intimidated and abused just by the ruthless
attitude of the teachers and children and how they behave towards one another.
If it is not the schools responsibility to teach morals, and how to get along
with others whose responsibility is it?
Here is
a scenario to think about. Little Tommy had always been bullied by his
classmates. He told the teacher but she never did anything. Finally he had to
learn how to defend himself because he just could not take the mistreatment
anymore. So he started to lift weights just so he could beat up the bullies who
physically and mentally tormented him. A year later he is strong and wins his
first fight. After the fight, he felt euphoric, and his adrenaline was rushing.
For Tommy, it felt so good to get revenge that it has become his new attitude
in life.
Little
Tommy is now big Tom and is married. He does not know what forgiveness is. He
does not know what love is. He is needy and insecure. He does not know how to
take care of himself except through physical abuse, in which his wife gets a
lot of these days. Tom understands revenge and defending the little bit of
self-image he has left. No one
intervened on little Tommy’s behalf; they were too busy working, teaching math
and science, and being selfish. Tom now needs inner healing but he does not
know it; He think the way he feels is normal and that all the marriage problems
are the fault of his wife.
Quiet
Mary never felt loved as a child growing up. Her parents were always very busy
working in their medical practices to give Mary the nurturing she needed as a
child. They showed their love by giving
Mary all the material possessions a child could ask for and more. Mary’s
teacher did not like Mary. She thought Mary was a snob and a spoiled little
brat who got her way too much just because her parents were rich.
Mary
never told anyone that she felt unloved and unwanted by her parents and
teacher, and so everyone thought she was happy as a lark. When Mary turned fourteen she began sleeping
with many of the boys in school. This is how she felt loved and wanted. When she
was sixteen, Mary got pregnant and her parents made her get an abortion and put
her on birth control. Mary does not know anything at all about her Creator
because her teacher teaches atheism. Three years later Mary marries her first
husband. Sadly, Mary, being so used to dating and feeling loved by sleeping
around in high school, exhibits the very same behavior with her husband.
When
she feels unloved by her husband, she simply has an affair. Mary has not
learned how to stay married to the same man for very long, because she doesn’t
know how to love and she doesn’t know what commitment is. This is what dating
in High school has taught Mary. No one
cared about Mary when she was growing up, and now she has learned to care about
no one but herself.
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Angie Lewis has written three books on how to have a happy marriage. She has just finished her fourth book THE ALCOHOLISM TRAP: Understanding Why You Drink and What You Can Do To Achieve Total Sobriety.
For more information about this book and marriage books, please visit: http://www.heavenministries.com
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