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PASSING OUR VALUES ON TO OUR CHILDREN

Summary by: Corry Morcos
President
Alberta Chapter of REAL Women

A Talk by Doris Darvasi
President, BC Chapter
REAL Women of Canada

Doris Darvasi, President of the BC Chapter of REAL Women gave a passionate plea to all of us to walk the talk for the moral values we want to instill in our children. “If we are leaders, and nobody is following, we are just taking a walk”. We have to acquire knowledge and understanding ourselves to be able to pass them on to our children, not as pals, but as parents.

Society is bombarding our families with negative stereotyping and politically correct propaganda, mainly through TV, movies and the Internet. As parents, we can take steps to help our children stay grounded in the faith and morality by living the life ourselves. We take back our children’s minds in this cultural fight. First of all, we minimize programs coming into our home by removing cable, and we watch programs together, and talk about what we hear and see. Computers should never be in an isolated room, like a bedroom, but visible to all. Books that speak truth about dangers of lifestyle choices should be available readily to our children.

Doris shared her views on the disturbing trend of luring teens into a world of distorted, self-focused, relativistic views, with muddled sexual boundaries. This is done by desensitization and suggesting that straights are gay, which, in fact, they are not. This has been part of a systematic strategy of homosexual activists that began 30 years ago. In supposedly promoting tolerance and acceptance, activists demand the celebration of homosexuality.

Doris quoted Harry B Thayer: “As are families, so is society. If well ordered, well instructed, and well governed, they are the springs from which go forth the stream of national greatness and prosperity – of civil order and public happiness”.

Doris finished by stressing again that as parents, we must set an example for our children to spend time with them, eat and read together, and when issues arise, share freely our own values. So let us not just take a walk, but lead the way for the next generation for the future of our children.

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