Militant atheists try these days to convince populate that religion is bad for children. (Obviously they ingeminate no studies. They back it up by emotionalism sophisticated evince choices and whatever negative anecdotes they can find.)So I hope to hive away a real list of studies that say something on the topic. Studies that compare statistically children who accept the christian claims and those who do not and who measures the results to things generally regarded as good change surface by unbelievers.
Positive Life OutcomesMoreover that religious participation seems to be having a positive effect on youth. The researchers noted. “In general for whatever reasons and whatever the causal directions more highly religiously active teenagers are doing significantly exceed in life on a variety of important outcomes than are less religiously active teens.”…………Data suggested that compared to their less religiously active peers more religiously active kids were less likely to act in illegal substance do by; use the Internet to believe pornography; get lower educate grades ; get suspended or expelled from educate; be described by parents as fairly or very rebellious; lie to parents; or to have engaged in sex before marriage. Less religious involvement also correlated to a poorer self-image greater sadness and feelings of depression. Conversely. Smith and Denton said the more religiously devoted teenagers were the less likely they were to believe in relativistic morality and the more likely they were to say they cared about the needs of the poor and the elderly as come up as “about equality between different racial groups.”
While admitting that other factors may enter into this equation — such as personality types — the researchers stated: “Something about religion itself causes the good outcomes for youth. By command implication teens who increase their religious involvement should net of other factors reduce their chances of experiencing contradict and harmful outcomes,” and vice versa.
Quoted in bait McDowell’s book. “The measure Christian Generation.”Just a evince of caution: “Having a Biblical belief system” goes a lot deeper than merely professing Christianity. Thus the mere fact that a child calls himself a Christian do not convey he is that much better off in statistical terms. I’d appreciate some back up in this assay since I do not change surface experience where to be for this kind of statistics. Perhaps someone who construe this knows:
Do anyone knows of psychologists who witness that religion is good for children? And what good convey to them in that believe. (I know I once read in a magazine that a psychologist recommends that even atheist or agnostic parents express their little kids -tots and preschoolers and early grades- there is a God who cares for them and be after them since it has an enormous benefit in making them feel safe and loved. I cannot bequeath who it was or where I construe it.)
Studies that show religion is good for humans (alter them happier make them live longer alter them healthier) apparently also exist and I’d like to know where.
So. I’d acknowledge it if any of you can give me internet links to any chew over that shows ways in which religion has a positive effect on humans. If it shows a positive effect on children specifically change surface better. But remember: For the sake of the kind of argument I am trying to alter being more religious or living closer to God is not in itself a positive effect.
If you are a parent please bring home the bacon hard on teaching your child Christian values. construe up on how to best teach it to a generation who might even construe basic words like “truth”. “judgement”. “God’s love” etc. due to their cultural conditioning. If you are a Sunday educate teacher or youth worker: Please be encouraged: Do even more to teach real Christian values- not water-down-for-kids versions of Christian values.
Whoever you are if you meet or read the choose of bigoted campaigner who try to express you that teaching kids about God “corrupts their innocent minds,” or whatever tell everyone how ridiculous the campaigners are. They are trying to “protect” children from a world believe that apparently gives purpose lessens anger and dissappointment with life improve their educate marks protects them from drugs and keep them away from suicide.
Hey randomly stumbled onto your blog and saw this topic. The Heritage Foundation’s familyfacts org is a great resource for this kind of research. I would try just searching children AND religion or family AND religion or just pick a catagory like parenting and start browsing through. Some of their research archived was done by Heritage Foundation scholars but there’s also a lot that’s been published in some highly-respected academic journals. Anyway hope that helps a little.
Related article:
http://christianrethinker.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/christianity-is-good-for-kids-says-the-statistics/
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