Whoa! What in the world is happening with our kids today? Let's
see...I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained that she didn't
want any prayer in
our schools, and we said OK.
Then someone said you had better not read the Bible in school - the Bible
that says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as
yourself. And we said, OK.
Remember Dr. Benjamin Spock, who said we shouldn't spank our children when they
misbehave,
because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage
their self-esteem? And we said, OK, we won't spank them.
Then someone said that teachers and principals better not discipline our
children when they misbehave. And our administrators said whoa, no one in
this school better touch a student when
they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want
to be sued.
Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and we
won't even have to
tell their parents. And we said, that's a grand idea.
Then someone else said, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so they
can have all the "fun" they desire, and we won't have to tell
their parents. And we said, that's another great idea.
And then some of our top officials said that it doesn't matter what we do in
private as long as we do our jobs. And we said, as long as I have a job and the economy is good,
it doesn't matter to me what anyone does in private.
So now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they
don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I
think it has a great deal to do with "we reap what we sow".
- courtesy of Rich Daniels