FW Ep 61 Oasis

Where do our kids spend the most time during their formative years? Daycare and public school? In front of TV and video game screens? Surrounded by friends with moral standards that conflict with ours? What if we shouted, “Not to MY KIDS,” and refused to offer our kids up to the influences of the world. What if we provided an oasis in the moral desert for our kids to grow in, not to pretend the desert doesn’t exist. Not to cloister ourselves away forever, but to allow our kids to spend their foundational years in the cradle of civilization, the family. Instead of being inundated with the patterns and influences of the desert from birth, they could grow in safety and learn how to be healthy, strong, and confident adults. How would that one intervention change the outcome of their lives? Imagine it. Kids who live in the desert tend to become children of the desert. Oasis kids, protected from desert influences, tend to take on the values of the parents and become oasis adults. The oasis would expand and flourish in the next generation. And the next. Over time, the fertile oasis would water the desert and reclaim it. Our kids could create a fertile valley, and their kids could create a flourishing continent. For too long, parents have let other people raise their kids. Their kids reject oasis-thinking because they are taught to love the desert. Why don’t we stand up? Usually, the reason is simple. It’s easier not to. We trade too much for cheap convenience. This is a tragedy of our own making. What if we all woke up today, drew a line in the sand, and shouted, “Not to MY KIDS! Not anymore.” If we all did that, we could water the world! That is a green agenda I can get on board with.