A new study finds that both parents and teachers rate the behavior of children better when the family regularly attends religious services and talk with their children about religion.
They found that the children have better self-control, social skills and learn better than non-religious families.
From Fox News:
Bartkowski thinks religion can be good for kids for three reasons. First, religious networks provide social support to parents, he said, and this can improve their parenting skills. Children who are brought into such networks and hear parental messages reinforced by other adults may also “take more to heart the messages that they get in the home,” he said.
Secondly, the types of values and norms that circulate in religious congregations tend to be self-sacrificing and pro-family, Bartkowski told LiveScience. These “could be very, very important in shaping how parents relate to their kids, and then how children develop in response,” he said.
Finally, religious organizations imbue parenting with sacred meaning and significance, he said.
Really not such a surprise here that taking the time to instill values in children helps not only their behavior but their ability to learn. Teaching them that they're a purposeless animal--either through action or inaction--just floating through life with no destiny doesn't bode well for good behavior or for their emotional health.
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