Do your children respond to the name of a particular place currently making its way in the news, Tiananmen Square?
Do you remember where you were in May 1989 when the now-famous image beamed across the television airwaves? I suggest you take the time to consider the opportunity to do so with your boys as more of a moral obligation than a passing idea. Our freedoms that we have inherited in America are precious, and many of our ancestors, like the sole man against the column of tanks, stood in the face of similar opposition over the last 230 years to get us where we are today. Many of them died in circumstances that would test us beyond anything we have experienced in our modern lives. Our kids need to be reminded. They shouldn't feel guilty. Far from it. However, they should feed their growing exercise of learning what it means to be grateful, to both God and man, for the excess and opportunities we are allowed today. Who knows... maybe our children will one day be in the same position as our forefathers, possibly even that of the lone Chinese freedom-fighter.
