Children.

What all can be expressed behind this word? However, we do not doubt and subscribe to values ​​that have their origin and goal in God. In the Gospel, Jesus says to the disciples: “Let the children and do not prevent them from coming to me…” (M19,14). Let’s say that the gifts and talents of children cannot be explained in any other way. It is simply a gift and is not determined only by hereditary assumptions. As parents and teachers, you give children everything they need for the all-round development of their abilities and their personality. Fearing that we do not spoil something about children at home, school, or ministry, we subconsciously ask ourselves: What do our children need education?

Nowadays, we have a vast range of advisors at our disposal. Books, magazines, professional articles, and debates in the media increase even more the space in which we can choose from different models of education. But this also increases the parents’ insecurity, because there is a lack of generally approved models of how fathers and mothers should raise their children. Much of what was brought up during previous generations is highly criticized today. One of the main trends in raising children in our society is the tendency towards individualism. It’s called self-responsibility education. Nothing would be wrong with that, but we must admit that being educated for its own sake is not enough to be responsible for freedom. Therefore, Years of education require decades to live in a community with others. To raise someone means to pull – to pull him towards some goal. Letting them run arbitrarily without any reprimand is a weakness of today’s generation of parents. Parents sometimes prefer to hide this weakness of theirs and say: My child has to make his own decisions, and we do not prescribe anything to our child. But, in recent years, we all observe that children need rules, guidelines, and help to make decisions. Parents’ excuses that children always have to make their own decisions express parents’ fear of their task of raising.

So, what education do our children need? Jesus Christ did not allow himself to be thrown off balance just like that for nothing. Children were brought to Jesus. Jesus did not follow them, but their parents brought them to him. Here you can see how important it is for parents to support the authority of others when raising their children consciously, mainly about teachers. The further, the more parents block children’s respect for teachers. The teacher profession is thus met with a double dose of ingratitude today.

Finally, express gratitude and appreciation for your initiative. I especially ask for God’s blessing for your work and for your further efforts to educate, improve and protect actual values.