Encouraging - Justice

Children love justice and they’re very uneasy in a world of injustice and abuse. Therefore, when we teach children kindness and respect for others by insisting on civility in our classrooms and in our homes, we’re laying a foundation for human kindness in the world of adulthood to come. Sadly, the opposite philosophy is evident in many schools today. It needs to change. Don’t tell me that we as adults can’t put a stop to bullying. Of course we can. We know who the defenseless kids are. We can rescue them. We just need the determination to intervene when a child shows signs of distress. It is our profound obligation to get this job done.

Dr. James Dobson, Bringing Up Boys, (Tyndale, Carol Stream, IL: 2001), 48.