IN THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 😬
12 Ways to Form Their Worldview
While we’re still reveling in the election of Donald Trump as our 47th President, we must remain vigilant and prayerful that the restoration of our country continues. Do not become complacent! Think about this: today’s 16-year-olds will vote in the mid-terms. More sobering is today’s 14-year-olds will be voting in the next presidential election!
Though we’re seeing a resurgence in the study of civics in higher education, that’s not likely to trickle down to middle schoolers or high school students any time soon particularly if they attend government schools. Here are things you can do right now to help shape your children’s or grandchildren’s understanding of America’s unique history, foundational principles, and what’s at stake for them as American citizens and prevent a Marxist/Socialist influence.
Start with leading by example. Go back to church. As President George Washington said, “It is impossible to govern the world without God. It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly implore his protection and favor.”
Visit local historical markers/museums.
When our kids were young, some of our vacations were spent touring historical museums in Chicago and Washington, DC including the Ford Theatre and Mount Vernon. On another vacation we covered 300+ years of American history in 10 days: Jamestown, VA; Williamsburg, VA; then Gettysburg, PA.
Visit the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, DC (www.vocmuseum.org) Per its website, the museum commemorates the more than 100 million victims of Communism and showcases the stories of those who resist totalitarian regimes.
Read original documents aloud at family gatherings for American holiday celebrations. Before sitting down to a sumptuous BBQ, read the Declaration of Independence. On Labor Day, read the Preamble to the Constitution. On Memorial Day, read Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address; Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have a Dream and Letter from Birmingham Jail; and Ronald Reagan’s D-Day Speech. At Thanksgiving, read the original Mayflower Compact and George Washington’s Farewell Address.
Play history/civics games or buy them as gifts. Online games are available at www.ed.icivics.org and www.bensguide.gpo.gov The boardgame Hail to the Chief teaches history and how presidents are elected. The Classical Historian (www.classicalhistorian.com) has history lessons, games, and classes.
Read books aloud to your teens at the dinner table, evenings, or while they’re doing the dishes or in the car. Suggestions: bible stories and biographies of our Founding Fathers, Paul Revere, Helen Keller, Thomas Edison, Read Signing Their Lives Away which describes the fate of each of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Other must-reads are George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm.
Explain why Socialism does not work using the Tuttle Twins e-book entitled “Subtle Ways Your Kids Are Taught to Embrace Socialism”. (www.tuttletwins.com).
Share family history especially about those who served to preserve our freedom. When we share our ancestral history, children discover a deep and rich identity of knowing who they are; and they develop personal responsibility as they take their place in the world.
Watch old movies together. Great conversations can arise after watching a movie about courage: The Scarlet and the Black, Life is Beautiful, Band of Brothers, The Pianist, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler.
Take Hillsdale College’s Constitution Course or give the DVD as a gift to a high school/college student. https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/promo/marxism-socialism-communism
Give a subscription to The Epoch Times. (www.theepochtimes.com)
When your child or grandchild turns 18, take him/her to register to vote! While you’re there, sign up to be a poll worker. Elections are administered by your clerk, but they’re run by We the People, and if the People don’t serve as poll workers the clerks will be justified in pushing for all mail-in ballots. The Constitution protects the People; but the People have to protect the Constitution.
Remember: Freedom means the right to do what is Good not whatever we want without obstacles. What the government gives, the government can take away. Government does not give us rights; it exists to protect our God-given freedom.
Today’s 14-year-old will help decide our next President. The time you take to develop a young person’s faith and understanding of freedom is the most important thing you can ever do, but especially in the next four years.
Diane Thunder Schlosser writes from Wisconsin. She and her husband serve as poll workers in their municipality and are parents of eight grown children.
Email: jdschlosser@wi.rr.com
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Diane thank you and your husband for sharing this vital information to the younger generation…AMERICAN CIVICS is vitally important in this day and age.
And the church is very important and should be promoted again and again, thanks.
Blessings to you and your family, may the LORD continue to bless you ALL!!
(might I suggest a video series to accompany this article: http://www.NWWR.online for CHURCHES)