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An Original Work / January 30, 2020

Where are all the children?
Where’s the laughter and the joy?
Where’s the smiles and the twinkling eyes
Of the girls and of the boys?

Where’s the sunshine, moon and stars
That once shone, oh so bright?
Where’s the hugs and kisses of the mamas
As they tell their kids “goodnight”?

Where’s the Daddies playing ball
With their sons out on the field?
And the innocence of years gone by,
Lost beyond what they can feel?

Where’s the unity of families
Who are one, in love with Christ?
Reading Bibles to their children and
Saying prayers with kids at night?

Have we lost them to the world?
To the lusts of sin and flesh?
Are we sacrificing our children
On the altars of selfishness?

Are we handing them devices
With the internet in tow?
Hoping they’ll be entertained
As they sit and watch the show?

Are we seating them, front of the screen,
Hoping they’ll be babysat
While we get on our smart phones
And with our friends we chat?

Oh, Lord, help us, as your people,
That we may in You abide,
And that we’ll not neglect our children,
And to our idols be sacrificed.

We need to protect the innocence of children, as much as it is within our power to do so, realizing the world in which we now live.
 

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I wasn't raised in a Christian home, my mother's parents weren't Christians, I never saw my paternal relatives, but neighborhoods were safer and my mother let us go to the beach by ourselves.
 
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I wasn't raised in a Christian home, my mother's parents weren't Christians, I never saw my paternal relatives, but neighborhoods were safer and my mother let us go to the beach by ourselves.

It sounds like you felt safe growing up. Is that what you are saying? If so, that is wonderful.
 
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It sounds like you felt safe growing up. Is that what you are saying? If so, that is wonderful.
My mother believed we were safe also (1950s), but she allowed my sister fo visit a neighbor who wasn't a safe person and I think that's why my mother started moving every year. :(
 
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My mother believed we were safe also (1950s), but she allowed my sister fo visit a neighbor who wasn't a safe person and I think that's why my mother started moving every year. :(
I am sorry to hear that. I was brought up in the 1950s, also. I am 70. It was not safe for me, either. My father was an abuser in the worst ways. So, I am very sensitized to the need to protect the innocence of children. And, now children are being handed smart phones with internet access and they are getting on inappropriate content and are sex texting their friends, etc. Not all children are doing this, but the statistics are astounding!
 
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I am sorry to hear that. I was brought up in the 1950s, also. I am 70. It was not safe for me, either. My father was an abuser in the worst ways. So, I am very sensitized to the need to protect the innocence of children. And, now children are being handed smart phones with internet access and they are getting on inappropriate content and are sex texting their friends, etc. Not all children are doing this, but the statistics are astounding!

!!! I know! And television commercials are becoming more disgusting every year!
 
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!!! I know! And television commercials are becoming more disgusting every year!
That is one of the reasons we got rid of our TV in 2008. I haven't missed it one bit!
 
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