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Originally Posted by gomoho
But they also don't say the Pledge of Allegiance anymore. Just saying Kids were better educated and behaved when we had values and personal responsibility in our schools.
Our country was built on Judeo/Christian values whether you want to admit it or not. Why is it okay to start a session of Congress with a prayer, but not the school day. Why does our money say "in God we trust". This is what our country was built on and it seems when we started turning our back on these ideas is when we started going to hell in a handbasket. Believe me I am not a born-again religious zealot, but I do believe when we as a country started turning our back on a Higher Power we are now seeing the consequences. Just an opinion of a boomer that lived through drugs, sex and rock-and-roll who scratches her head thinking "what the hell did we do"???
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Don't know about you but I remember the kids who couldn't say the Pledge of Allegiance because of their religion. They were teased and bullied. Even some of the teachers were pretty brutal to these kids. I vividly remember a little girl when I was in third grade in tears because the prayer said in class mentioned both God and Jesus -- she was Jewish and was devastated that she could not participate in a class function. Rather than change the wording of the prayer, the teacher sent her out of the room while prayers were said.
Given a choice between seeing a child hurt and bullied for being "different" and giving up prayer and the Pledge in class, I'll go with losing something. Parents really can teach a love of God and country without involving the school. My grandson is three and stands up straight every time he sees the American flag going past him. I taught him that and I will continue to teach him about respect and honor for this nation and the people both here and around the world. His mother takes him to church on a regular basis, says his prayers with him and keeps God with him on a daily basis. That is her choice, just as it was mine to teach her about God. She doesn't need a school to teach him that.
What seems to be missing today to me is good parenting. Kids don't need their parents to be their best friends, they need their parents to be their parents. As was said previously, kids need to learn that failure is okay and that not everyone wins; that they need to take responsibility for their actions. Kids need good examples. They need to be taught honor, self-respect, responsibility, morality. Those things, to me, seem to be missing by many today -- making sure a child has high self-esteem seems to be much more important.