Parental guidance suggested.HURRAY FOR SISTER ROSE PACATTE, F.S.P.! SHE IS A VOICE for rationality who hit the emotional issues on target! ("TV's not a black-and-white black-and-white adj. 1. Partially black and partially white: a black-and-white cow. 2. Being in writing or print: black-and-white proof. 3. issue," August). Her vision of values and how to support them should be taught in our schools with parents as mandatory participants along with their children. In all this muck about values floating in our current political airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. , not once has parental responsibility Parental responsibility
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the politicos, values are a societal so·ci·e·tal adj. Of or relating to the structure, organization, or functioning of society. so·ci  e·tal·ly adv.Adj. affair, not a family issue. In reality moral formation begins in the home--not in the halls of Congress. Pacatte firmly brings this understanding home. Our catechism catechism (kăt`əkĭzəm) [Gr.,=oral instruction], originally oral instruction in religion, later written instruction. Catechisms are usually written in the form of questions and answers. teaches the importance of an informed conscience; the foundation of that informed conscience is moral formation and the understanding of why the morals are accepted or rejected. Pacatte and I share a common value, that knowledge is good and should not be forbidden. In some cases knowledge should be introduced--in age-appropriate ways--not as bad, but as inappropriate to act upon. This requires trust, conversation, and interaction with young people. The society in which we live is not bad, although bad things happen. We and our children need to learn how to live in this society. Pacatte seems to ask the question: How many parents are willing to put forth the effort to develop a sound moral foundation within themselves and their children? After this article I hope many more. Micheal G. Groshong McMinnville, Ore. |
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