What Do You Have?
A Victoria's Secret Model at 6 Years Old
Photo by Terricks Noah on Unsplash
There are so many things in our society that impinge on a safe and carefree childhood for our littlest ones.
On a recent television program, the interviewer met with children and interviewed them about what they wanted to be when they grew up.
One little girl who had just turned 6 stated that her aspiration was to be a Victoria’s Secret model so she could make lots of money and buy lots of stuff and then people would love her. When the mother was interviewed, she agreed that the goal of her 6 year old daughter to model half clothed was a wise and moral choice of careers. Mom was every bit as enamored as her daughter about having lots of money so she
could buy lots of stuff and then people would love both of them.
Surely their plan cannot end well.
Proverbs 22:6 tells us to “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
As parents, we have the greatest influence over our children. If we think that money and possessions are the ultimate goal of life, so will they. If we think that a lifestyle full of things will cause people to love us, so will they. If we think it's good to yield to every whim in society, you can be sure the children will yield.
Our thoughts influence their thoughts and we can influence them toward the holy and moral or we can influence them toward the secular and worldly.
We can teach our children to love people and use things. Or to love things and use people. We can teach them to honor God or the almighty dollar. We can help them see there is a better way or help them follow the path of the world.
How we train them now, determines in a large part their thoughts and attitudes when they are adults.
It’s up to us to train them in the way they should go because when they are old they will not depart from it.
About the Author
A Faithful Steward is an outreach of Compass Catholic Ministries. The mission of Compass Catholic Ministries is to inspire individuals and families to unite their faith and finances by providing information and tools, illuminated by our Catholic faith, allowing them to become financially unburdened and able to say “yes” to God’s call. We hope that our blog posts and articles will help Catholics to put their faith into action using their finances to carry out and continue the work of Jesus Christ on earth.
