Even with no more than cursory thought, anyone will soon see that a child's primary sources of cultural influence come from two sources - the mother and the teacher.
I know that a lot of you there would rather I replace the word , mother with parents. I have very little to say to the contrary , knowing that fathers do have a chance of playing a role in this respect. My teeny-weeny doubt comes from the awareness that responsible fatherhood dos not come as cheap as responsible motherhood. Anyway, that is assuming that we define fatherhood beyond the provision of money.
Lest I digress, however, I will rather allow that you can replace mother and teacher with parents and teachers if that suits you better.
My worry at this moment is not so much who these primary sources of influence are as much as whether they have appropriate understanding of the term culture, because, if they do not, then how can we expect them to give what they do not possess.
Here then is the time to draw our attention to the fact that, culture can only be properly seen in the perspective of the totality of the way of life of any entity- a people, a family, an association, a company etc.
Whichever of the two categories cited that you belong to, I wish to hereby appeal to you to make a careful study of the responsibility that God has assigned you through your contact with that young life, that toddler, child, teenager, youth .....
On your behalf, I pray God for the grace to succeed.
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