Fulton Sheen – Children and Parents

The Fourth Commandment of God which is: “Honor
thy father and thy mother,” is the link between the first three,
which relate to our duties to God, and the last six, which relate
to our duties as neighbors. From this commandment these
truths follow: Parents who honor God always find it easy to
train their children in honoring them in turn; children who
honor their parents always find it easy to honor the Heavenly
Father. ~Fulton Sheen’s Children and Parents shines light on
the greatest moral crisis of our times: the breakdown of the
family. With his characteristic humor, candor and zeal for the
faith, Archbishop Sheen diagnoses the problem in our culture
and how they manifest in families and in relationships with
young people, and provides practial insight for navigating
the seemingly overwhelming task of raising and developing
morally and spiritually mature youth. Writing ahead of his
time, he offers advice to the modern family on topics from
discipline and obedience to chastity, sex and love, with a
special emphasis on teenagers and their quest for identity.
Sheen masterfully reveals the challenging reality parents face
in raising children and encourages them to learn from Christ
and to be “shepherds who lead their sheep…showing them the
way”.