our children need parents, teachers and other authority figures who don't just recite the Golden Rule and the Ten Commandments, but who actually live by them. -Sheila Suess
2007-12-04 14:43:10 · 16 answers · asked by Mark 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's always been true. You can tell children to live one way, but they see what their elders are doing and they're going to imitate that behavior no matter what they're told.
2007-12-04 14:46:44 · answer #1 · answered by Little Red Hen 2.0 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could stop at the Golden Rule, it encompasses all but the first two commandments.
The first commandmant gives a problem however since not everyone agrees on the same way to honor God and that can create some screwed up kids if mishandled.
2007-12-04 22:52:29 · answer #2 · answered by davster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parents need to take responsibility for and be good role models for their children. If a parent chooses to teach their children their religion, that's fine.
Teachers and other authority figures (other than clergy or private schools) should not be teaching children religion. Morality, ethics, right from wrong, yes; religion, no.
Christians seem to think they corner the market on being great parents, but I'll tell you I've know many who are the exact opposite of "great."
2007-12-04 22:49:49 · answer #3 · answered by eris 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can conceive of reasons to disagree from the point of view of my opposition to the employing of religious principles in secular society and public institutions, but I imagine that the author of the quote is citing them as moral tenets, as the attributes of moral people, rather simply as relgious rules. Those in positions of authority and leadership should set examples which children can emulate instead of simply stating them, then proceeding to behave in ways inconsistent with what they are advocating. I resent, as an agnostic, her citing of the Biblical Commandments as the moral template for our lives.
2007-12-04 22:55:49 · answer #4 · answered by Lynci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the statement that children learn better if they see, observe, and copy a good model of what is being taught - in this case good morals. The joy of living a moral life is most often times obtained when the veracity of morality is seen from those who live before us.
2007-12-04 22:49:44 · answer #5 · answered by paulyaranon007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with the 10 commandments part... More specifically those pertaining to God.. 1-5....
I believe our children need to have people in their lives who live with integrity... If a person has personal integrity all else falls into line...
2007-12-04 22:55:03 · answer #6 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some of the commandments are pretty silly and out of date. So, I do disagree.
2007-12-04 23:53:20 · answer #7 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not our children need that so much.... as well as the rest of the world ...they don't need preachers but livers ....we need to live out our beliefs rather than memorize them.
2007-12-04 22:49:55 · answer #8 · answered by Krista G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children do not need to be taught commandments.
They need to be taught to live right, do right
and be good people. Religion is not necessary
to raise good children who become good adults.
2007-12-04 22:56:14 · answer #9 · answered by wuvie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
True, but whether the person who teaches these commandments to us follows them or not, we are wise to follow what God says in His Word. For as Jesus said, ""The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach."
2007-12-04 22:46:57 · answer #10 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋