The second Sunday in June is "Children's Day." The following Sunday, we celebrate Father's Day. A great deal of concern has been focused on our children as the dawn of a new century is fast approaching. Children who have graduated this last year in the 20th century are told that they will be shaping the next century. What a challenge for our children and grandchildren!

Many years ago, an author by the name of Dorothy Law Nolte wrote these thoughts about children and what they learned from those around them: Children Learn What They Live. "If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy. If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty. If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient. If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence. If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate. If children live with fairness, they learn justice. If children live with security, they learn to have faith. If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves. If children live with acceptance and friendship they learn to find love in the world."

Children are our teachers. They walk us, or push us, through a process of purification to our own maturity. How can we respect and honor this gift? I am reminded of what former First Lady Barbara Bush stated in a graduation speech. She said, "One hundred years from now, it will not matter what your bank account has or what sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove. But the world may be different because you were important in the life of a child." Celebrate the gift of a child on Children's Day.

Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea by Luetta G Werner

Published in the Marion Record June 10th, 1999.

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