All parents want better for their children than they had for themselves. Some parents go to great lengths to make this possible in the short term for their children. Others try and shield their children from the realities of life and consequences of their actions far into the child's teen years. Many times that shielding is not just from external challenges, but internal as well - from having to think critically.
Just as failing to let children learn from the consequences of their actions will lead to wrong actions in an adult world, failing to challenge them to think will lead to their acceptance of wrong ideas. Students, particularly at the high school level, are capable of much more than the popular media gives them credit for, with its encouragement of perpetual adolescence. If we can teach biology and chemistry in high school, why not real theology?
A recent article by John Stonestreet, writing for BreakPoint addresses these and several other issues in a high level outline for challenging students. Reading this article might raise some questions on how we're preparing our children, students and ourselves to respond to the issues in our culture.
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