Hajja Salesjana

Pope Francis on Education of Children : 'It is Time for Parents to Return from Their Exile' been broken, causing a crisis between the educational alliances between them.” The Holy Father lamented the rise in so- called “experts” who have occupied the role of parents “in the most intimate aspects of education. On emotional life, on personality and development, on rights and duties, the ‘experts’ know everything: objectives, motivations, techniques. And parents only have to listen, learn and adapt,” he said. “Deprived of their role, [parents] become over-burdened and possessive of their children, never even correcting them.” To explain this, the Holy Father recalled an episode from his childhood in which a teacher corrected him for disrespect. During a parent-teacher meeting, his mother explained to him why he should never again disrespect his teacher. (...) The Pope dedicated his catechesis to an important aspect in the family: the education of children. Sympathizing with the difficulty that families have to make time with their children during the week, especially single parent homes. The Holy Father noted that in today’s world, the family is under attack, saying that “intellectual ‘critics’ have tried to silence parents from the damage – real or imagined – of family education.” “The family was accused, among other things, of authoritarianism, cronyism, of conformism, of emotional repression that generates conflicts,” he said. For this reason, he continued, this mutual trust between society and the family has Photo by Hanna El-Zohiry - Unsplash.com by Junio Arocho Esteves (Zenit.org) 10 Ottubru-Diċembru 2024 hajja