KIDS in TODAY's WORLD
 
With all the gangs and the increasing
violence in our schools, what in
the world is happening with our kids
today?
 
Let's see...I think it started when
Madeline Murray O'Hare complained
that she didn't want any prayer in
our schools, and we said OK.
 
Then someone said you had better
not read the Bible in school --the
Bible that says thou shalt not kill,
thou shalt not steal, and love your
neighbor as yourself. And we said,
OK.
 
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't
spank our children when they
misbehave because their little
personalities would be warped and we
might damage their  self-esteem.
And we said, an expert should know
what he's talking about so we won't
spank them anymore.
 
Then someone said that teachers and
principals better not discipline our
children when they misbehave. And
the school administrators said no
faculty member in this school better
touch a student when they
misbehave because we don't want
any bad publicity, and we surely
don't want to be sued.
 
And we accepted their reasoning.
Then someone said, let's let our
daughters have abortions if they
want,
and they won't even have to tell
their parents. And we said, that's a
grand idea.
 
Then some wise school board member
said, since boys will be boys and
they're going to "do it" anyway, let's
give our sons all the condoms they
want, so they can have all the "fun"
they desire, and we won't have to
tell their parents they got them at school.
And we said, that's another
great idea.
 
And then some of our top elected
officials said that it doesn't matter
what we do in private as long as we
do our jobs. And agreeing with
them, we said it doesn't matter to
me what anyone, including the
President, does in private as long
as I have a job and the economy
is good.
 
And then someone said let's print
magazines with pictures of nude
women and call it wholesome down-to-earth
appreciation for the beauty of the female
body. And we said we have no problem
with that.
 
And someone else took that appreciation
a step further and published
pictures  of nude children and then stepped
further still by making them
available on the internet.  And we said
they're entitled to their free speech.
And the entertainment industry said, let's
make TV shows and movies that
promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex.
 
And let's record music that encourages
homosexuality, rape, drugs, murder, suicide,
and satanic themes.  And we said it's just
entertainment, it has no adverse effect,
and nobody  takes it seriously anyway,
so go right ahead.
 
Therefore, now we're asking ourselves
why our children have no conscience,
why they don't know right from wrong,
and why it doesn't bother them  to kill
strangers,their classmates, and themselves.
 
Probably, if we think about it long and
hard enough, we can figure it out.
I think it has a great deal to do with...
"we reap what we sow."
 
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