RAISING CHILDREN
The Bible is frustratingly silent on the question of how to raise religious children. The Gospels largely skip the childhood of Jesus, telling us only that Jesus’ parents lost him for a few days when he was twelve and were surprised to learn he was at the temple. The Old Testament is full of people who are failures as parents: Adam and Eve raise a son who commits fratricide, and Jacob raises a whole bevy of sons who try to commit fratricide. Moses, proving the truism that great leaders are rarely ideal family men, has sons who are unfit to succeed him as a leader. The most oft-quoted bit of biblical wisdom on the topic of rearing children comes from Proverbs, “Train children in the right way, and when they are old, they will not stray” (22:6). Nonetheless, parents trying to raise children committed to religious values, beliefs and traditions happen in the home with one’s family. The important meal on Sunday…
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