[00:01.714]Adults are responsible for teaching children
[00:03.601]how to observe the ways of their ancestors
[00:05.626]In fact
[00:07.178]God insists that adults talk to their children
[00:09.554]when they sit at home and when they walk along the road
[00:12.603]When they lie down
[00:13.716]and when they get up
[00:15.050]In other words
[00:15.818]God is saying
[00:16.602]"Don't mess up the children"
[00:18.309]African American families are being driven further
[00:20.658]and further apart from each other, to the extent their children particularly ones living in urban neighborhoods
[00:27.409]are growing up without the benefit of having adults in whom they can confide
[00:32.124]Consequently African-American cultural values are at risk of being lost
[00:36.146]like teaching children to respect their elders
[00:38.578]and saying "thank you" or "no thank you"
[00:40.010]and other forms of common courtesy
[00:42.147]God is saying "Don't mess up the children"
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