Religion Good for Children Faith and Religion Thesis

Religion Good for Children?

Faith and religion are significant components to every religious family with regards to raising a child or children. Notably, every religious individual and family will always claim that their path or religion is the correct one. Therefore, it impossible to find parents or families that would mistakenly choose the wrong religion or path for their children. In attempts to take their responsibility of raising children to become productive adults later in life, parents choose different progressive and correct paths including religion. However, the responsibility of raising children is not an easy task and is usually the burden of every person that comes into contact with the child. As a result, parents would take necessary measures to ensure that their children are surrounded by examples from approved people and paths. While parents consider religion as one of the correct steps in raising their children, the main question or point of concern is whether religion is good for children.

Religion and Children:

Generally, parents put several things down on their children such as language, behavior, gender and economics, and religion. These things sometimes prove to be toxic because they are a complex mix though they produce good citizens (Giberson par, 9). While these things are occasionally toxic, it's too hard to single out one of them as problematic because of their contribution to a child's development. In the modern pluralistic era, religious affirmations have developed to become complex though they challenge an individual's faith.

Despite of the impact of religion on a child's development, many families are turning away from religion. Actually, a research by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has discovered that 1 in every 5 adults do not have any religious affiliations (Drexler par, 3). Based on these findings, the numbers of adults without religious affiliations increase to a third for parents under the age of 30. This is a tremendous increase when compared tom more than five decades ago when the percentage of adults with no religious affiliations was 2%. Notably, the biggest increase in these numbers has occurred among people who are largely indifferent. While these people are also known as non-religious, they are neither atheists nor disillusioned former believers; they simply don't care (Drexler par, 4).

As the percentage of indifference continues to increase, it is being transferred to children in a rapidly growing rate. Even though spirituality plays a crucial role in making children happy, religion still has some benefits to children. Notably, involvement in a religious community or society may assist the children to develop a strong moral foundation. This is primarily because religion lessens incidences of teenage pregnancy and drug abuse while enhancing their self-esteem and general hopefulness.

Children have an intrinsic curiosity regarding religion, which makes them to look for organized ways to make sense of religion themselves. Actually, the lack of a structured way of understanding religion makes it difficult for…