Just thinking some more about this and some conversations I’ve had with friends over the years… A ramble ensues:
I hate to see any living being subjected to violence. But I have to admit, most of the people I know who are active in movements to protect wildlife are vehemently opposed to my own pro-life stance. I abhor violence. But why am I expected to care more about violence done to animals than to violence done to humans? Why am I expected to take action to stop the killing of animals while I’m expected to remain silent about the murder of babies?
Perhaps the answer lies in our formation. We have received our “education” through the media and not enough from our parents and our environment. Our environment has been contaminated.
When you have two working parents who takes care of the children? When children come home from school who is there to greet them? Do they make a snack and then switch on the TV? And who is there to monitor what they see?
Even if you do have a good environment at home, the children mix with other children who do not. There are pressures at school, bullying and bad influences.
What is lacking is
community. Communities are essential for the whole family. There is sharing and a support structure. Life in cities is hectic and not conducive to good influences. The formation of our children is primordial. Even our own development is extremely important. We ourselves continue to grow and develop throughout our lives.
The Media has done us a huge disservice. The consumer society. Marketing - we are told what the Marketers feel is good for us. ETC. ETC. ETC.
Our children need to be taught about their Faith from an early age. They should know enough about the Faith in order to be able to defend it. There should be dialogue between all members of the family. At the diningroom table. Everywhere. Formation doesn’t stop when one leaves school or college - it is ongoing.
Remember Hans Christian Anderson and other “Fairy” stories? There was a problem there too. Hansel and Gretel - parents are poor so they abandon the children in the woods…My husband once showed me a story he had been reading the the children - the hero kills the king and queen and marries the princess!!!
A new generation, a new system, communities, formation, love.
So the answer Disciple96 is Formation, Formation, Formation:yup::yup: and love, love love:

