Raise Your Hand If Your Kids Are Perfect!

Last night I came home from a few days away on business and was getting the weekly rundown from the family.  School was good, sports were good, the day off for Veteran’s Day was good…all in all, a good week!  GREAT, love to hear that.  Then my daughter asked if I heard about all the “stuff” with the football team?  Nope…what did I miss?

Apparently, and this might come as a shock to some, but kids were being kids!  What is probably more shocking, kids who go to a private school, were being kids!  I know, its mesmerizing! 

Since when is a kid who goes to a private school supposed to be a better person than one in public school?  Let’s remember, they are kids!  The SCHOOL upholds faith and charity as their tenants, but they don’t, for one second, think their kids are better than anyone else’s. Just like a public school, they have their code of conduct and don’t share publicly, how that is upheld within the school walls.  Public school and private schools alike are trying to raise students who are not only smart academically, but also good people who will do good things in their lives.  

Anyone who thinks kids who go to private schools don’t have to deal with things like bullying, drugs, sexual pressure and social media crap are clueless!!  Anyone who thinks all these kids are rich, spoiled brats are also clueless!  Anyone who thinks that we as parents think our children are perfect, you guessed it, clueless! 

News brief, they are kids…they are dealing with the same things the kids in public and private schools all over the state and nation are dealing with.  Trust, if there was a magical place where we could send our kids and we could be guaranteed none of them would ever make a mistake, I think we would all do whatever we can to send them there.  Heck, I would go there!  Another news brief, that place does not exist here on earth! 

We send our kids to private school for a few reason, but I am going to be honest, the first reason is because of class size.  WE teach our kids our faith at home and if the school happens to help us, wonderful!  I love that they get that there, but it’s not the school’s job to own that.  My kids will never be perfect…because they are kids.  Your children will never be perfect, because they are kids. 

I won’t take a stand on who was right and wrong in this issue of social media back and forth.  Both sides went too far and I think they all realize that now.  I will, however, not take it lightly when people are saying that because our kids pray in school, they wear their faith on a sleeve (helmet, jersey, t-shirt) that they should be held to a higher standard.  As it says in John 8:7, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone…”