Why is it so important in our society today to teach our children the lessons of tolerance? Well the actions of three cowardly men hiding their faces behind masks and nazi flags showed us why we need to teach our children to be accepting of all people this past Sunday night while a small group of families gathered on the Fairfield green to celebrate the third night of Hanukkah and light the menorah. In an attempt to intimidate the families peacefully celebrating their holiday, they did nothing but bring attention to themselves. Which is for sure what they were doing for.
But we have to step back and ask ourselves, what breeds this kind of ignorant hate? Nearly 70 years after the disgusting genocide of the Jewish in Nazi Germany, we still have people today, who were not even a thought during this mass murder, who are following the hate that was instilled in ignorance. Where do these people learn these lessons from, because babies are not born with hate in their hearts, it is something they are taught over time.
With the melting pot we call America, we need to step back and teach our children to be accepting and loving of all people from all walks of life, not just those who are like us, if we don’t, what kind of world will we create for our children? There is already enough hate, violence, and war, why teach more?
Being a parent myself i know how important it is to teach such a quality to the children right from the starting. If not taught at this time then it would prove out to be a great trouble in the later years of life.
Comment by StorageCraft — January 23rd, 2010 @ 4:12 am