Perhaps;there;are;more;important;rea-sons;to;have;children;read;quality;litera-ture;and;stories;from;history.;Perhaps;it
will;strengthen;them;to;execute;acts;of
bravery;and;self-sacrifice.;Perhaps;read-ing;well;will;cause;them;to;turn;aside
from;errors.;Perhaps;they;will;become
certain;kinds;of;people,;capable;of;wise
self-government and thus prepared to
participate;in;church;and;civil;govern-ment.;These;have;been;the;goals;of;classi-cal;educators;over;the;centuries.
If;you;hunger;to;give;your;children;an
education;that;leads;them;toward;wise
adulthood,;turn;your;attention;to;their
studies;of;literature.;They;no;longer;need
our;help;to;sound;out;the;words;or;com-prehend;paragraphs,;but;they;need;adult
guidance;as;they;seek;out;the;answers;to
life’s;big;questions.
The;tools;are;simple;;you;need;only
good books and time to discuss them
with your adolescent. I promise that
these;will;become;rich;times;of;getting;to
know;your;child’s;heart;and;of;shepherd-ing;him;or;her;toward;maturity.
Recently,;I;had;the;opportunity;to;dis-cuss Johnny Tremain with my teenage
son.;This;book;spoke;right;into;his;heart.
The;main;character;has;left;home;to;serve
as;an;apprentice;to;a;Boston;silversmith.
My;son;could;immediately;relate;to;this
young teenager making his own deci-
sions;for;the;first;time.;I;asked;my;son
to;choose;a;character;from;the;book;and
one;decision;that;he;made.;He;decided
to;think;about;whether;or;not;Johnny
should;have;gone;to;work;on;the;Sab-
bath.;At;first,;this;seems;like;a;minor;in-
fraction,;particularly;to;us;moderns;who
barely;have;a;conception;of;the;meaning
of;Sabbath;rest.;However,;this;one;choice
results;in;Johnny;burning;himself;severe-
ly.;His;hand;is;so;damaged;that;he;can;no
longer;work;as;a;silversmith.;Because;he
can;no;longer;work;in;his;chosen;trade,
he;can;no;longer;serve;as;an;apprentice.
Because he can no longer work as an
apprentice,;he;can;no;longer;live;with;the
family;for;whom;he;was;working.;Serious
consequences;follow;this;simple;action.
Okay,;so,;now;my;son;recognized;that
our actions have consequences. Is this
recognition;enough;to;prevent;him;from
making;similar;decisions;in;his;own;life?;I
did;not;think;so;because;he;had;not;really
stopped;to;consider;the;arguments;which
swayed;Johnny;to;make;this;choice;or;the
arguments;which;might;have;prevented
him;from;doing;so.;If;we;do;not;train;our
children;to;consider;both;sides;of;the;ar-
gument,;I;fear;they;will;not;learn;to;rec-
ognize;temptation;in;their;own;lives;and
will;themselves;make;foolish;choices.
Most;of;our;children;will;be;quick;to
recognize the reasons why a character
should;not;have;taken;an;action.;My;son
quickly;came;up;with;reasons;that;John-ny;should;have;stayed;out;of;the;work-shop;that;Sunday.;First,;Johnny;chose;to
go;because;of;his;pride.;He;was;the;out-standing;apprentice;and;thought;he;was
on;his;way;to;becoming;a;master;silver-smith.;Obviously,;we;should;never;make
a;decision;because;we;are;overly;proud
of;our;abilities.;After;all,;the;Bible;warns
us;that;pride;goes;before;a;fall;(Proverbs
16: 18).;However,;I;wasn’t;willing;to;let
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