Comments on: My Neighborhood Wonders: Why Can’t We Just Teach Goodwill? https://bahaiteachings.org/why-cant-we-just-teach-goodwill/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 02 May 2023 21:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Maya Bohnhoff https://bahaiteachings.org/why-cant-we-just-teach-goodwill/#comment-51539 Tue, 02 May 2023 21:54:20 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79252#comment-51539 In reply to William Burden.

And please pardon my typos. There’s no way to edit them, alas.

]]> By: Maya Bohnhoff https://bahaiteachings.org/why-cant-we-just-teach-goodwill/#comment-51538 Tue, 02 May 2023 21:50:47 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79252#comment-51538 In reply to William Burden.

One of the main ideas I take away from the guidance from the Universal House of Justice and the National Spiritual Assembly of the US is that we have to with what we’ve got. I think you would agree that many parents theses days are lost in one way or another when it comes to their role in teaching their children how to live in the world. They can’t teach what they don’t, themselves know. I think you might also agree that teaching children how to behave in a community (which a school is) is at least as important as teaching them physics or literature or math. I was most fortunate. My parents were amazing exemplars of ethical and loving behavior. Not all children are that fortunate.

]]> By: James Wilkinson https://bahaiteachings.org/why-cant-we-just-teach-goodwill/#comment-49024 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:16:20 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79252#comment-49024 ADMIN: Things seem to be not working properly. Both comments so far have been posted twice.

]]> By: James Wilkinson https://bahaiteachings.org/why-cant-we-just-teach-goodwill/#comment-49023 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:15:03 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79252#comment-49023 In this chaotic time of uncertainty, clearly articulated articles like yours are critical for the widespread understanding of “goodwill to all men.” Thanks for writing it.

]]> By: James Wilkinson https://bahaiteachings.org/why-cant-we-just-teach-goodwill/#comment-49022 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:14:45 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79252#comment-49022 In this chaotic time of uncertainty, clearly articulated articles like yours are critical for the widespread understanding of “goodwill to all men.” Thanks for writing it.

]]> By: William Burden https://bahaiteachings.org/why-cant-we-just-teach-goodwill/#comment-47265 Wed, 28 Dec 2022 22:00:36 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79252#comment-47265 I was brought up in an era of parental responsibility for the upbringing of children. We were taught social interaction at home and were expected to follow the rules. If a breakdown in said rules occurred at school, we were sent home and parents advised. Expecting our educational system to shoulder the responsibility for same, amounts to a questionable transfer of parental rights and responsibilities! Social development skills are best taught before a child engages the educational system. I see no advantage in needlessly exposing children to specific historical human inadequacies as there are enough current ones to contend with.

]]> By: William Burden https://bahaiteachings.org/why-cant-we-just-teach-goodwill/#comment-47264 Wed, 28 Dec 2022 22:00:15 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79252#comment-47264 I was brought up in an era of parental responsibility for the upbringing of children. We were taught social interaction at home and were expected to follow the rules. If a breakdown in said rules occurred at school, we were sent home and parents advised. Expecting our educational system to shoulder the responsibility for same, amounts to a questionable transfer of parental rights and responsibilities! Social development skills are best taught before a child engages the educational system. I see no advantage in needlessly exposing children to specific historical human inadequacies as there are enough current ones to contend with.

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