Voices of Enlightenment: How To Instill Moral Ethics in Our Children

Previous generations of parents have used fear of Hell fire and the threat of eternal damnation to persuade their children to follow rules and obey orders. But once a child began to question the religious faith they had been taught, and began to doubt the existence of this punitive God, the child was willing to risk Hell in the hereafter in order to enjoy the pleasures of the hear and now. Good behavior and right treatment of others must be driven by ones own internal free will decision, based on love of self and others, not on fear of punishment. Children who develop internal moral ethics will not need punitive systems to control their behavior as adults. Today we share insight from some of our Voices of Enlightenment on how to instill moral ethics in children so that they can be trusted members of the society as adults.