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The Motherhood Project (whose director I have the honor of calling my wife) has provided parents an invaluable service by reminding us of the shrine at which so many children are being taught to worship: the Shrine of the Material. The Christian duty of teaching the young where to lay up their treasure is not the same as the duty of telling them not to shoot their teachers. But if we lose control of the small, how long until we lose control of the large?

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A Gallup poll found most Americans feel parenting is the best way to prevent another Columbine.

Scholastic.com offers tips to parents and teachers on teaching kids about violence.

The Institute for American Values site has a summary of the Motherhood Project's mission.

Channel One provides news and entertainment for teens in schools and online.

Conservative advocates, Commercial Alert, work to stop the captive audience advertising via Channel One.

Nathaniel Brazill faces 25 years for teacher's slaying.

For more articles, see yahoo's full coverage on Columbine and school violence.

Christianity Today's sister publication, Christian Parenting Today, analyzed how to raise children to stay safe, offers ideas that work and guides in spiritual development.

Previous related Christianity Today articles include:

Raising a Wild Child | Is daycare preparing toddlers to become bullies? (June 12, 2001)

'To Rise, It Stoops' | How parenting mirrors the character of God. (Aug. 29, 2000)

Home Is Where the Parent Should Be | How to resist a society that pulls parents in every direction but home. (June 15, 1998)

Earlier Christianity Today columns by Stephen L. Carter include:

And the Word Turned Secular | Christians should count the cost of the state's affirmation. (May 29, 2001)

Vouching for Parents | Vouchers are not an attack on public schools but a vote of trust in families. (Apr. 2, 2001)

The Courage to Lose | In elections, and in life, there is something more important than winning. (Feb. 6, 2001)

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July 8 2001, Vol. 45, No. 9