The Prescription

With the following three principles, a pastor could introduce himself and these principles to any family of any socioeconomic lass or ethnic persuasion, and most of the boys raised in any of those families would grow up to be law-abiding, productive members of society. Here are the three principles: 1. Raise a boy in compliance with the families ethical and religious traditions. Introduction to God and morality will head most lads in the right direction. 2. As he ages, let each boy increasingly be sponsored, mentored and actively raised by a dad, biological or surrogate. The dads that care and are involved have great success at keeping their sons on the straight and narrow. 3. Introduce each boy, black or white, rich or poor, able-bodied or disabled, to the theory and practice of self-realization. Once and if society raises sons in accordance with these three principles, simple but powerful, crime rates will plummet and high school graduation rates will soar.