Protecting our children starts with knowing who they hang around

How much do you know about the people who influence your children? What do you know about their teachers?  Who are their friends?  What does their little league coach do for a living?  Are these people of faith?  What faith?  Most important, are they people of good character?

A hundred years ago, you would be able to answer all of these questions.  If you didn’t know the person, or if you didn’t know someone who would vouch for the person, you would not let your child go near him or her unaccompanied.  All that has changed.

Today, most of us don’t know the answer to any of these questions.  Therein lies one of our biggest problems.  It matters who has direct interaction with, and influence over, your children.  These are the people who can lead your children in the right direction, or the wrong direction.  These are the people who can exploit and abuse them, who can fill their minds with false and evil ideas.  These are the people who can crush their spirit.  Or they could become mentors and role models who could inspire them to great achievement.  (more...)

Protecting our children starts with knowing who they hang around