Adult Models Needed
There’s an elephant in the living room that everyone knows about but no one wants to talk about or discuss because it makes some uncomfortable and may be personally, socially, or politically embarrassing.
Adults play the main role in mentoring children to create a legacy of human respect, decency, love, and indoctrinating them to the source of all moral authority –– which can be passed on from generation to generation. More policing, more gun control, more teenager curfews, more security cameras, more prisons, more crime legislation are not the most effective solutions, nor addresses the root causes.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
• Respect for others
• Manners and social skills
• How to lose and win gracefully
• The importance of showing up and working hard
• The value of being a quality person, over having quality performance
• Tolerance and anger management
• The importance of telling the truth
• Volunteering to help others and society
Eight (8) Ways Parents Can Teach and Get Respect
Respect for parental authority lays the foundation for a child’s moral growth.