I now have a 10 year old, can that be possible? It is, and with children comes a great responsibility for raising moral, responsible adults. With all the outside influences and things so readily available to our children it is becoming increasingly more difficult. A recent incident with my oldest has us wondering the best way to do this. It was not anything terrible just not something I had expected to address with him quite yet. I want my children to have good moral character and learn to make good choices. They won't learn this without making mistakes. I know I can't shelter them and even though they are not in school they are still around other children and will be confronted with choices. They will have to learn who are good friends and who is going to be trouble .Our job is to teach them right from wrong. I wish we lived back in the days of little house in the prairie. They still have bullies, and issues, but in comparison thing were much easier. Drugs, violence and sex were not plaster around every corner, TV, radio and magazines. I don't even like listening to the radio because the songs, commercials and DJ's are not appropriate for children. There are commercials for Viagra, plastic surgery, STD's and all kinds of other things that my children don't need to see or here. As parents my DH and I will be reevaluating a lot of things to allow for our children to grow into what and who God wants them to be.
