Shaping the Future

Motherhood is the most important job there is. If you don’t believe that, try asking a few people who had the greatest influence on them while they were growing up. It doesn’t matter who you ask, from the humblest to the greatest, the most frequent answer by far will be, “My mother.”

Today’s mothers-and that includes you-are shaping the people who will shape tomorrow’s world. Your children will grow up to be world changers. They may not have an impact on the whole world, but they will have an effect on the world of those around them, for better or for worse. It’s your responsibility to set your children on the right path.

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Children are not born with knowledge of the virtues. They must learn what they are.

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Attaining virtue is like so much else in life: It takes lots of practice. By putting virtues into action over and over again, we help them take root. Eventually they become second nature—they become part of one’s character.

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Your family is the first and most important school of morality. Home is where your child comes to know right and wrong through the nurturing and protective care of those who love him/her more than anyone else. Teachers should be allies in this endeavor, but they cannot be substitutes. Schools cannot replace parents in the crucial task of molding character in the young.

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Teach your children to care deeply about the good.

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“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” -  Proverbs 22:6

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You may feel insignificant in the grand scheme of life, but you are daily creating the world that tomorrow’s children will live in. Each decision you make helps to shape the legacy that will be left to them.

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Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders. How today’s parents train their children determines the future of the world.

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Invest in your children. Give them your time, your attention, your love. They are the future.

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Whatever you teach a child, whether it’s through your words or through your actions, lives on forever in his or her heart.

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Put a premium on giving your children and young people the well-rounded upbringing they need and deserve.

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If you set the right example for your children during their formative years, those bonds of love and respect will be unbreakable. And your children will grow into adults whom you can be proud of.

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Quotations from William Bennett, "The Educated Child", "Mottos for Success" desktop quote book and "From Jesus with Love - For Women"