A loving faith is the best foundation for every family. That faith guides children on their paths in life, especially in school.    Families who live a loving faith teach the positive principals that meld perfectly with society, beginning in school.

School adjustment is much easier when children live the tenets: kindness, service, and love. Your child’s faith foundation will help him accept other children who are different from himself.  A child does not need to preoccupy himself with hating his peers. That only detracts from his own education.

Now, I am not referring to ‘holy rolling’ religion. In fact, I’ve found parents and churches that scream fire and brimstone are usually short lived. The faith to which I refer is constant, soft in its approach.   It whispers ‘no’ in bad situations.   It’s the thank you at supper and at night, before bed.

What a gift to give your child! Something that inspires humanity, cancels out hopelessness, can be accessed anywhere and is free. Faith is the one solace of sending your child into the world.

As I reflect on my career, every student I ever taught, who was raised with God and His principles, was teachable, regardless of those defiant teen years. Each had the ability to recognize negative qualities as undesirable and thus be willing to change for the better.

God Bless your family, Mary