A Precious Resource

A baby is born some-where in America. In this case, we will say it is a girl.

When she arrives, there is no warm or enthusi-astic welcome. She hears no comforting words. Her needs are largely ignored.

As she grows, she receives no positive attention. She receives no sincere help or encouragement. She is made to feel as though she is nothing but trouble, a tiresome burden.

In due time this baby girl reaches maturity and has a child of her own. In attempting to rear this child, the new mother has only her own hollow and discouraging experiences to draw upon, leaving her with little to offer her helpless and needy child.

Another valuable and promising human being is about to be wasted. Another small but indispensable element of society is about to be lost.

Do we not see that this must stop?

Every child in America is precious, a resource we can ill afford to toss aside. Each one must be lovingly nurtured and properly cared for. Each one must be developed to his or her fullest and highest potential. If we fail to do this, one day we will have only dysfunctional people in this country. And dysfunctional people can’t run a great nation. We already as seeing ample evidence of that.

Clearly the job of cultivating and developing a child falls primarily and naturally to its parents and its extended family. No one is in a better position to help a child, nor is anyone better suited for the task.

If you are a parent, a grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, or even a neighbor, start looking for ways you can help make a child’s life brighter and more hopeful.

We must see to it that every child in this country is placed upon a path aimed at making him or her a confident and capable human being, a human being that will be an asset to society rather than a liability.