Most
people believe they have a conscience, an inner value system designed to keep
them within safe boundaries. The conscience sounds an alert when values are in
imminent danger of being violated. But how do you get a conscience? A ten-year
child gave this answer, "I really don't know. It's something you get without
asking for it. It just seems to happen."
Can you imagine a society whose inhabitants
have not developed consciences to guide
and control their thoughts and behaviors? Psychopaths and sociopaths are defined
as being without a conscience. Everyone then would be subject to their criminal
acts because they lack love and compassion for others.
Parents
play a major role in the development of a child's conscience. The positive,
healthy parent/child attachment based on love, guidance, and correct boundaries
is significant to the evolution of a child's conscience. God's word encourages
parents to "teach children how to live and they will remember it all their
lives." This choice will never be regretted.
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