Faith, family define society

To the Editor;

The morality of a nation can be judged by the way men treat women and children.

I am writing to raise awareness of the tens of thousand of women and children that are sexually assaulted each year and we cannot leave out date rape. The reason you don’t read much about date rape is because too many girls fear for their lives, or no one will believe them, and that’s the reason why too many go unreported.

The big reason we have a decline in morals is the breakdown of the family. When you have men and women that don’t want to honor their marriage vows — they forget that they are the first teachers of their children. They should be a team and work together and know that children need mothers and fathers in their lives to learn moral direction and to give them love and discipline and not be “overprotective parents.” You don’t help them, you only make them to be weak children that can’t stand on their own two feet.

To help your children, start to teach the Golden Rule, “Treat others as you want to be treated,” and go to church with your children. It will do some good and your children will benefit. There is an old saying: “Without faith your children will never be rich, and with faith they will never be poor.”

Joseph Riitano Sr.
Sangerville