Teaching Children Decision-Making Skills Through House Rules : หน้า 76/207

The families that have house rules, on how children should spend their time, will be able to teach these children at a young age how to make the right decisions and how not to succumb to desires. This development can be a foundation that enables them to make decisions based on thorough and good reasoning, sound principles, accurate information, and systematic examination. They will be smart and virtuous in any kind of work they perform in the future. --- A government officer once came to a venerable monk at the temple for advice about a problem regarding the way teenagers dress these days. The officer felt that teenage girls these days dress in a way that reveals too much of their body. This trend coincides with an increase in sex crimes, and the police presently do not know how to address the situation. The venerable monk gave his response, and those who were there listening agreed that his solution was practical and applicable for every family with a young daughter. His words were as follows: “I don’t agree that the overly provocative dressing by these children is entirely the fault of the fashion industry. Instead I place the blame on parents who neglect their children and teachers who do not properly instruct their students.