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Children are different

When the theory of evolution was first promulgated, people like Margaret Sanger and Adolph Hitler took up the challenge to improve society by insuring that those who were unfit (or even inconvenient) would not live to pass on their negative attributes. When these ideas become briefly unpopular, many then considered that human development was solely the result of developmental influences. Sadly, what has been presented as the scientific result of academic rigor has often proved to be nothing more than Satanic strategies.

In reality, a child has a soul which provides memory, perception, and personality as well as a body which moves, senses, and speaks. There is variability in personality from shy to bold, active to passive, and curious to accepting. In terms of physiology (the body) there can be variability as well. For example, what was called Aspergers and is now called autism is a more sensitive, faster, or complex neurology the result of which presents a child with an avalanche of sensory information that can be difficult to process in a timely fashion. Often a diagnosis of some disorder or disability is in reality a personality or physiological variant that makes the industrial processing of a child in a public school collective more difficult.

A parent is in a position to understand and work with the various characteristics of his child. A child who is introverted or shy should not be encouraged to “be” different, but can be encouraged to develop the skills to call upon boldness if it is required. Similarly the child who is more aggressive can be shown how to exercise restraint when it is called for. Being able to “read” a situation and accurately determine what is called for is another skill to develop.

It is perhaps the variability of children that makes the raising of Christian children in a traditional family significantly different and more rewarding than the worldly public education for the one or two children in a small secular family. The collectivized world sees differences as defects (The nail that stands up is hammered down). Ironically claiming “diversity”, they often apply pressure for conformity. Helping an individual child recognize his own characteristic strengths and weaknesses as well as those of others can help him navigate the waters of true diversity.

An employee once asked why he wasn’t assigned a particular job. It was explained to him that because of his short attention span, he couldn’t be assigned a job that would take more than 15 minutes because he would get distracted and start to fool around and get into trouble.

The employee recognized that this was true and accepted the fact that this was why his work assignments were brief. The parents of this young man should have been observant of this characteristic and worked to help their child to develop the self-discipline to marshal his attention for tasks lasting longer than 15 minutes. His native personality might not lend itself to long duration tasks, but developing skills to stretch one’s abilities can still be useful.

Children can have a wide variety of intellectual, musical, artistic, and athletic skills. Often Christianity is presented as a complex set of doctrines that only smart people can understand. Ironically, many smart people have been tricked into a sort of pseudo Christianity that fuels pride and diverts them from actually becoming like Christ. Regardless of whatever skills or lack of skills, Parents need to work with each child to, each in their own way, work towards greater Christ-likeness.




  


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