When Adults Abandon Their Calling: The Moral Failure of Our Education System and Parenting
When Adults Abandon Their Calling: The Moral Failure of Our Education System and Parenting In recent weeks, I’ve watched something unfold in our schools that has shaken me deeply. Teachers—adults entrusted with the care of someone else’s child—have allowed minors to skip class, wander into political protests, and even step into busy streets. One child was struck by a car. Thank God the child survived. But the fact that this happened at all reveals a deeper spiritual problem: We are letting children make adult decisions, and we are calling it empowerment. Scripture calls it abandonment. This is not about politics. This is about responsibility, morality, and the Christian understanding of childhood. And it is time to say it plainly: Allowing children to bear adult burdens is not Christian. It is a betrayal of the innocence Jesus defended. — Children Are Not Meant to Navigate Life Alone From the beginning of Scripture, God makes it clear that children require guidance, format...