In Our Classroom: Virtue

The kids and I have just started working through a unit study based on The Book of Virtue. Here are some things on the subject of virtue that we learned last week. I am learning as much and probably more than they are in this study!

The "I Wills" of Virtue

• I will do what is right and encourage others to do the same.
• I will guard my eyes, ears, words and thoughts.
• I will learn to stand alone.
• I will abstain from anything which might damage or pollute my mind or body.
• I will treat others as I would want them to treat me. 

Virtue in the Home Includes...

• A parent establishing a standard of moral conduct in the family and upholding it by example.
• A parent teaching children to make wise choices about friends, music, and clothing.
• Family members dressing modestly, inside and outside the home.
• Family members filling their minds with God-honoring music and good influences.

Consequences in Sons and Daughters When Parents Allow Unrestricted Television

• It establishes the practice of tolerating evil to enjoy some good.
• Its amusement format lowers their resistance to evil.
• It provides constant access to the world's system and its false concepts.
• It deadens their conscience by providing comparison with new lows of immorality.
• It allows them to relate to evil individuals whom you would otherwise never allow into your home.
• It devours one of their most precious resources: Time.
• It stifles creativity by deadening their responses to conscience and Scripture.
• It ultimately makes them an enemy of God.