Children Need a Moral Compass
Moral Compass: a person's ability to judge what is right and wrong and act accordingly.
Everyone needs a moral compass. The time to instill these morals is childhood; teach them the difference between what is morally right and wrong. Without this, what guide do they have to steer them away from doing the wrong thing?
The primary source for teaching morals is parents. As the leaders of the family, it is their responsibility to teach their children right from wrong; to make them understand there are consequences, not only for them, but for society if they choose to do the wrong thing.
Another source would be from religion and going to church. Although there are those who don't embrace religion, if you believe you must answer to a higher power, it can keep you from making a bad choice. It doesn't matter what religion you choose to follow as long as the values they teach are morally sound.
Others who can contribute to reinforcing moral values in our youth are schools, sports figures, and even television and movies if they choose to send the right message.
If children are being taught hatred or living in a home where there is verbal and physical abuse, the message they receive is that it's permissible to lash out verbally or physically against someone they dislike or disagree with, even outside the home. As we all know actions speak loudly and the message being sent is morally wrong.
Recent events make it even more crucial to turn things around and strive to teach the younger generations to make morally right choices. We need to speak out and make it known that what we are seeing and experiencing is not acceptable. Use the news as a teaching tool. Talk to them about events that are presented where someone has chosen to do the morally wrong thing, and the consequence to our society from their actions.
The world is a huge ship and it will be difficult to turn it away from all the bad that is taking place today, but it's worth the effort to do so. We need to start with giving children a moral compass; they are the ones who will be responsible for the future.
Everyone needs a moral compass. The time to instill these morals is childhood; teach them the difference between what is morally right and wrong. Without this, what guide do they have to steer them away from doing the wrong thing?
The primary source for teaching morals is parents. As the leaders of the family, it is their responsibility to teach their children right from wrong; to make them understand there are consequences, not only for them, but for society if they choose to do the wrong thing.
Another source would be from religion and going to church. Although there are those who don't embrace religion, if you believe you must answer to a higher power, it can keep you from making a bad choice. It doesn't matter what religion you choose to follow as long as the values they teach are morally sound.
Others who can contribute to reinforcing moral values in our youth are schools, sports figures, and even television and movies if they choose to send the right message.
If children are being taught hatred or living in a home where there is verbal and physical abuse, the message they receive is that it's permissible to lash out verbally or physically against someone they dislike or disagree with, even outside the home. As we all know actions speak loudly and the message being sent is morally wrong.
Recent events make it even more crucial to turn things around and strive to teach the younger generations to make morally right choices. We need to speak out and make it known that what we are seeing and experiencing is not acceptable. Use the news as a teaching tool. Talk to them about events that are presented where someone has chosen to do the morally wrong thing, and the consequence to our society from their actions.
The world is a huge ship and it will be difficult to turn it away from all the bad that is taking place today, but it's worth the effort to do so. We need to start with giving children a moral compass; they are the ones who will be responsible for the future.
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