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Another in the exclusive series of articles that further explore the subject of parenting.

 

Setting Up Normal

Deborah Venable

05/10/08

 

I spend a lot of time trying to convince parents of small children just how important it is to maintain consistency in the home environment they create for their children.  Lord knows these days that can be a tall order contrasted to the upheaval we see around us in society.  But the important thing to remember is that whatever you set up as “normal” will be grounding for children – the constant that they will use to compare to the world around them. 

 

How many times have we heard interviews with people who have survived some crisis in their lives, or even criminals who have gone on to commit atrocities themselves reflect on their childhood experiences and make a reference to those experiences being what they considered normal?  Specifically in cases of long-running child abuse, we find that the abused end up being abusers in adult life in so many cases.  Of course there are exceptions, but the “normal” response to parenting is to draw upon your own experiences as a child.  These experiences may affect your parenting positively or negatively depending on what you have worked out as right or wrong – and depending on what you perceive to be normal.

 

The very salvation of future generations depends on the parenting of each generation.  It is as simple as that.  A mistake in “setting up normal” for the majority of only one generation can have a devastating effect on the future “health” of a society.  I believe that we are on the brink of that majority mistake.

 

Too many parents have given their children over to a public education system that has continually lowered the bar for “normal” and is insisting on being the main influence in the lives of children.  Normal for these children will reflect the collective thought of government mandate – not the individual value influenced by moral decency and the cherished traditions of strong family building.

 

We have two choices where the deplorable public education system is concerned.  We can either change it or abandon it.  I’ve been waiting for evidence of positive changes for decades now, and have witnessed only negative ones.  I abandoned it for the completion of my youngest two children’s education via home schooling and have never regretted that choice. 

 

The normal education of children must begin with loving parents who promote real family values.  As clichéd as that sounds, it is at the heart of our national decency and our unequaled success.  Setting up normal for families in these trying times requires a strong moral character that knows what is right and is not afraid to make that crystal clear to children. 

 

For example, it is not normal for children to perceive sex as a recreational right, but adults have continually modeled that behavior to the extent that we have children selling themselves short and putting their lives and futures in jeopardy to follow the example of indecency.  The recent spate of children sending and posting to the internet pictures of themselves immersed in sexual innuendo is anything but comforting.  Where are the parents telling their children that this is wrong – not normal behavior? 

 

 Recently, Conservative Times published one of these “Professional Parenting” articles also.  It is not archived on this site, but you may click this link to read it.

Raising the Hope – Safeguarding the Family

 

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The Most Important Issue

Deborah Venable

05/10/08

 

As media microphones capture responses from the question about the most important issue facing us in this election cycle, those of us who really think about it can probably list a plethora of issues that might answer it.  Let’s see, in the last few months I have heard the so-called top response change several times depending on whichever way the wind happens to be blowing at the time.  I doubt if any politician running for office this November can pin it down on a day-to-day basis. 

 

As for the general public’s response to the question, it seems to fluctuate between the war in Iraq and the underlying threat of terrorism in the world, the economy and our shrinking dollar with our trade deficit figured in, border security and the effects of illegal aliens on our strained infrastructure, and global warming – reality or hoax.  No matter how you slice it though, all of it eventually ties into the economy, and most Americans are just not savvy economists. 

 

Here is what I believe.  If the American people could come together in a common goal to elect only those representatives that could legitimately prioritize expenditures, take what’s left of our national checkbook and make it stretch to cover only what must be covered, and encourage individual citizens to do the same, the correct solutions to all our problems would come automatically and with lightening speed.  I realize that is pie in the sky dreaming and more than a little wishful thinking, but that is precisely what it would take.

 

What comes out of this thinking is a very important fact.  We, as a people, can still do whatever it takes to survive and prosper if and only if we are not divided.  So, what divides us then?  We are divided by our insistence on defining our basic philosophies, even if we don’t know the true definitions, even if we float back and forth across those lines of divisions depending on the specific issues we are addressing, or worse than that, sitting in the middle and refusing to make clear choices.  We are at the mercy of politicians who will exploit our indecision and our ignorance. 

 

It is bad science to only hear one side of a story, only consider one set of solutions to a problem, or make up “facts” that cannot be proven.  It is bad economics to turn our finances over to someone else without periodic accountability, to shirk all responsibility for our financial outcomes, or to base our financial futures on what we can convince someone else we will be worth in that future.  But it is truly very bad form for us to toss aside the importance of historic knowledge, the proliferation of a free and courageous spirit, and the absolute dedication of all who have unselfishly sacrificed to build and secure the greatest country on earth. 

 

Some of the politicians we have elected for years and years have continued to lie, cheat, and steal the best that is this country just to satisfy their thirst for power.  We are responsible for that!  We are!  We gave them their power, our trust, and our money and they gave us back a total misuse of all of it!  Because of our poor decisions in the past, the pool of “hopefuls” to attain the highest office in the land is poisoned with ambitious power seekers who are woefully ignorant of the most important issue. 

 

The most important issue is the treasure that is America.  America is a living, breathing sea of humanity in a world that is starving for what we have.  Ancient foreign lands have rich histories and proud citizens, natural wonders and abundant resources, strong armies and intellectual prowess, but none of them – not one – has pulled itself up by the bootstraps from a fledgling colony of misfits and castoffs to become the most strident defender of humanity the world has ever known – in a mere 230 years.  That took uniqueness, individual sacrifice, and courage to learn from past mistakes and fix what was broken every single time we were threatened. 

 

So, what is the most important issue facing us today?  Preservation of the treasure – that sometimes ill-defined uniqueness that makes us tick.  If we don’t start teaching our children exactly what that is, and insisting that the representatives we elect defend it with the power and resources we provide, then we will surely fall prey to a continuing divisiveness that will eventually wipe out the best thing humanity has going for it.  The most important issue should always be the spirit that is uniquely American.

 

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According to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171, "During
rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present
except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag
with the right hand over the heart."

Hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin,
presidential candidate Senator Barack Hussein Obama was forced to explain
why he doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.

"As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking
sides," - Barack Hussein Obama

Obama went on to say "There are a lot of people in the world to whom the
American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a
war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be
swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song
'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might
salute it."

And finally, on the subject of his church, Senator said "I don't think my
church is actually particularly controversial.". .

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