Children And Morals: The Connection

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In order for children to be successful in life, they must be taught that having morals is very important in that they can get them far in life. In order to learn these, they need some sort of religion to set the bar as to what is right and wrong. In most religions, you are required to have strong beliefs and good morals towards that religion. In most cases in the United States, that religion is Christianity.
The most important of the Christian laws are the ten commandments. They are the laws in which most Christians set their values and beliefs. For example, most people believe that it is wrong to murder, commit adultery, lie, and steal. But many people in today’s society break these laws everyday, whether they know it or not. The one that is most commonly broken though, is cheating.
Many people say that cheating is not a commandment, but it is. It may not say those words directly in the commandments, but it is an indirect commandment. Not only is it an indirect commandment, but it also has contains other commandments within itself. For example, when someone commits adultery, they are cheating on their spouse. When someone murders another person, they are cheating their victim out of their right to life. When someone lies, they are cheating the people who believe them by not giving them the facts which could end up hurting them in later events. And when someone steals, they are cheating people of possessions that they more than likely rightfully earned.
This “hidden” commandment is becoming more and more common everyday and as a consequence more and more children are being introduced to it everyday. How can children be expected to be honest and not cheat, when the people that they interact with and look up to the most everyday are cheating?
The biggest problem that children encounter with cheating is in school. A lot of it has to do with the fact that children today are lazy and don’t want to take the ti...