How can this world be a safe place for the children?

@destry yes in a way, our world is safer because of the technology.. We now know who the threats are..

@salonga I think the only one we can actually control is ourselves.. Even our own children should not be subjected to control even by us parents.. And I also think that righteousness can be taught through love rather than fear.. And showing example of love rather than fear is more effective ..

@epiffanie I respect your opinion but I must say that unless one has fear of the Lord, it is impossible for anyone to even control himself. This is the reason why there are those who fall into sin. I am able to control my son by teaching him the right way since childhood. This is the reason why he grew up into a person God wants him to be. Control does not necessarily means to make a robot out of him but being able to make him behave properly with or without my supervision. Fear of the Lord is a biblical thing, if you will take the word fear in a literal sense it will not match the biblical meaning. Even God himself wants us to fear him. The biblical meaning of fear of God is respecting Him, obeying Him, submitting to His discipline, and worshiping Him in awe. Ecclesiastes 12:13 states "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." Hence,the fear of God is the basis for our walking in His ways, serving Him, and, of course loving Him.

@salonga Yes I understand your interpretation of the meaning of fear. I was brought up with that kind of fear too.. But I decided to learn the love of God within instead and that is how I brought up my children . I also did not teach them to obey. I encouraged them to cooperate instead. I'm grateful that they turned out okay..

@1hopefulman I've heard that since I was a child, that God will put an end to all the evilness in the world.. I'm just wondering why God not do something to prevent ..if god is really that powerful, he could end the sufferings specially of innocent children.. Wouldn't you if you could?..

@epiffanie I know that you have suffered a lot and I sympathize with you. God does everything right and it takes a lot longer to make sure that this mess never happens again once it is cleaned up. I wish things would go faster too but I am not God. I will continue to live the best that I can and wait patiently.

@sofssu .. Yes those you mentioned are very important things that we must pass on to the children. Yes we must bring back the old values which won't be easy as we are now living in a "disposable" society. Tons of rubbish are created each day. So alarming!

@Lucky15 .. The way our world is going, we'll continue to have so many questions that we may not find answers to..

@epiffanie Precisely my friend .

@SIMPLYD Yes, we as parents have huge responsibility in shaping up the children into responsible, respectful and decent human beings ..

@epiffanie Okay if you think the future is part of the preparation, it means we should always teach our children to keep the world peace and peace...

@srisahara I think worrying or thinking about the future is part of the preparation.

@birjudanak yes indeed! There are so many things on the tele that children must not see..

@epiffanie yes because they catch it quickly and try to do that without knowing it result.

@Freeney Yes indeed. We just have to do whatever we can. We have to be vigilant too..