Our church finished up a series today on FAMILY. It was a great series and really spoke to me as a mom and as a nonny. Some of the statistics about families splitting up were pretty staggering but not as much as the ONE THING our pastor said today. It made me mad. Real mad. This is what he said:
"When interviewed, teachers all across the United States said this:
REJECTED STUDENTS ARE THOSE WHO ARE AGE APPROPRIATE."
This makes me mad. Real mad. It makes me mad at the moms and dads who dressed their children up like *Lady GaGa* tonight for Halloween. It makes me mad that they let their six year olds watch *Glee*. It infuriates me that they put heels on their nine year old girls and let their twelve year old sons go with them to an R rated movie. What happened to dressing like Raggedy Ann or a Ladybug? What happened to monitoring television and playing playdough? I know it's a different time. I know. I know.
But, CHILDREN HAVEN'T CHANGED.
They still need us. They need us to help them stay little. They need us to support each other in helping show them things that are age appropriate and help them make wise choices. Children NEED to be age appropriate. And they DON'T NEED to be rejected because they are!
Is that a NERD?
If so, that's a good thing, right?
But, CHILDREN HAVEN'T CHANGED.
They still need us. They need us to help them stay little. They need us to support each other in helping show them things that are age appropriate and help them make wise choices. Children NEED to be age appropriate. And they DON'T NEED to be rejected because they are!
Is that a NERD?
If so, that's a good thing, right?
Don't reject any of my LITTLES because they are age appropriate.
Please.
