Every year, in the hot summertime, children die because their parents forget that they are still in the automobile. The closed interiors of the vehicles quickly become like an oven in the hot sun.
Apparently, the
adults somehow become hurried or distracted and momentarily and tragically
forget about the children. Everyone understands that there was no intention to
harm the child. But harm was still done.
There are other kinds
of harm besides death. Death or physical injury are immediately obvious. Not so
with emotional and spiritual cuts and wounds.
Not all emotional
cuts and spiritual wounds are maliciously or even intentionally inflicted. The
feeling of neglect or of being seen as a bother to their parents can cause
painful lifelong wounds to a child. Anything, even church activities, which
continually distract us from our children’s emotional and spiritual needs, can
be harmful.
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