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Goodness over greatness, Rosson has it right


Editor:

Re: “Today’s parents, schools quick to defend, slow to teach,” Dec. 5

Mr. Rosson asks the question, how are we preparing our children for the real world’s dangers? If you are a parent or grandparent and haven’t read it, you should, for the future of your children and of America depends on our youth of today.

In the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s, most children were taught to take care of themselves. Parents didn’t protect their every move. That taught them how to live and compete in a sometimes mean-spirited world. You are raising a generation that will grow up to need someone to help them at every little setback. Is that what you want your future fathers to be? Somewhere along the way parents missed the importance that teaching goodness is more important than greatness. If you teach goodness then you have less meanness and a higher level of character.

A closing thought, but different subject. Many seem to want to ignore the border, just let anyone come who wants to come, ignore the law. So that begs the question, why do so many want to come here if America — as the left and media say — is so bad? They all come wanting something from the government. That’s what they came from; it’s called socialism. Socialism has never worked and never will. Everywhere it’s been tried it has always created second-rate countries. That’s what they all came from.

DON DENSON
St. Hedwig