Molly Aley writes about creating our children’s culture.
The world has a culture it would like my children to live in. Most children do, as a matter of fact, their parents not even realizing that a thief has crept in unawares. Actually, most parents let the thief in the front door and invite him to stay on indefinitely as a member of the family.
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Pointing the finger and saying, “No, no, no” is hardly conduscive to anything but growing rebellion or ungodly fear. Therefore proactivity is a must for us as parents. We don’t let the outside culture dictate to us what we must be and do, no, but we go a step further from that position. We make our own God-centered culture, and joyfully abide therein.It is our task as Christians to question what our culture has told us is “normal.” Our definition of “normal” must come from the Master, not from the society we live in. Albeit, it is easier to accept status quo and refrain from asking questions that may result in our undergoing radical upheavals…