Schools are not exempt from the projection of pain unto others. Beyond the title are humans who must learn self-mastery like all human beings. Children still learn about love, fear, and hate, and although we can't be there to guide our children through their experiences, we can focus on building and strengthening their foundation (character) to help them transcend their experiences. We (as parents and role models) can share life-giving and sustaining principles. We can read empowering books about people who overcame certain injustices and devotionals aimed to reinforce that our children's lives have meaning. We ensure accurate, consistent, reliable, relevant, and timely communication with our children's schools. We address concerns immediately.

Children need to know they have voices and can use them. Children with confident, healing, and powerful voices become adults with confident, healing, and powerful voices. In addition, children must know that the environment doesn't need to change them for the worse but is an opportunity to do what's right.

Our children must know that we (parents) are for the truth, not to confirm their actions but to honor what is right.

As always, make this lifetime great because you still can!

Timika