Adults are responsible for teaching children
how to observe the ways of their ancestors
In fact
God insists that adults talk to their children
when they sit at home and when they walk along the road
When they lie down
and when they get up
In other words
God is saying
"Don't mess up the children"
African American families are being driven further
and further apart from each other, to the extent their children particularly ones living in urban neighborhoods
are growing up without the benefit of having adults in whom they can confide
Consequently African-American cultural values are at risk of being lost
like teaching children to respect their elders
and saying "thank you" or "no thank you"
and other forms of common courtesy
God is saying "Don't mess up the children"