Hope for America starts in the home

This morning on Fox and Friends I enjoyed an interview with author Reb Bradley.

It was an fascinating few minutes and peaked my curiosity to find out more about Bradley’s new book Born Liberal, Raised Right. I will share a paragraph here, hoping it will get others interested in Bradley’s book.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81872

Reb Bradley explains why so many adults act like demanding 2-year-olds

“Liberals are like teenagers whose will-to-be-gratified was never subdued, and now cannot grasp the simple logic of what is being said to them,” Bradley writes. “They are so emotionally obsessed with getting what their hearts want that they are unwilling to listen to reason. That is why liberals resort to personal attacks, name-calling, accusing, yelling, discrediting, or changing the subject. And that is why they use inflammatory and emotionally charged words like ‘intolerant,’ ‘hateful’ and ‘racist.’ Desperation ensues when passion rules. When passion rules blindness sets in.”

This paragraph is on target with what we have witnessed in this election. Examples- Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin. This morning I also saw a clip on FOX News of protesters targeting the Mormon Church for their stance on gay rights. It was ugly.

There is much discussion about Republicans/Conservatives and where we go post election. My answer – until families in America once again raise children who have morals, character, a work ethic and a great degree of kindness for others, we are in a terrible state of affairs. In other words, our hope as a nation must start in the home.

Have you given any thinking as to the condition of the American family? Have you spent time watching the families in your place in the world? What are you seeing?  Not that America will ever return to the Leave It to Beaver years but a nation of ‘give it to me because I want it’ is not working for us either.

As you spend time with friends and family over Thanksgiving and Christmas, please pay attention to discussion that relates to the family. Teachers, health care providers, peace officers, and others will all have a story to tell. Perhaps they will have some solutions. What we have been doing has not been effective.

I plan to read the Bradley book and hope there are some solutions that I can take to heart and put into practice. Until then, Happy Thanksgiving!