Hardwired to Connect

May 5–6, 2008 - comments: 3

The latest research in the neurosciences confirms what many mothers have long known. Children are born to bond. They develop through intense emotional relationships with the beloved people around them. Children have an innate need to connect deeply with other people and they long for a sense of moral and spiritual purpose. These are human imperatives. When they are not met, a child’s potential is stifled. Scholars at the National Research Council in 2002 estimated that at least one of every four adolescents in the U.S. is currently at serious risk of not achieving productive adulthood. Today we have as our guest Dr. Kathleen Kovner-Kline principal investigator of a recent report issued by the Commission on Children at Risk, entitled Hardwired to Connect. You will want to listen closely to what Dr. Kovner-Kline shares with us today, because the goals and recommendations of this report will both startle you and encourage you, but most importantly it will ask something of all of us.

Jesus said: “My sheep here my voice. I know them and they follow me.” John 10:27. Although on today’s broadcast we’ll discuss a secular report regarding the need to solidify the institutions which support connectedness in our society those of us with ears to hear recognize the voice of our shepherd calling us to once again follow Him, to lay down our lives, our desires, our wants and to take up the cause of the needs of our children. Our future and the fulfillment of our destiny will rest upon our response to that call.

topic(s): Faith, Family, Education, Parenting

3 comments (post your own) feed

1 On Apr 27th, 2008, at 11:09pm, reverend richard mclaughlin wrote:

I have been in the counseling realm for over 20 years and finally some people are realizing how important it is to keep the family structure in tact! God Bless America. Keep this article going, every pastor, teacher/educator, judge/lawyer/politician/president and law maker should read this article.

2 On May 7th, 2008, at 10:33am, Joel Osler Brende MD wrote:

This report, which I would like to see in more detail (where is it available?) confirms what I have learned in my professional work.

3 On May 9th, 2008, at 10:07pm, mollie sober wrote:

I am a teacher. A few years ago I moved to a small town with small school, the religious infrastructure of the town is very strong, many of the people who live in this town are also related. It is a VERY family oriented town.
One day the school counselor and I were visiting and she commented how, in all the schools she has been in she has seen very little depression in the children in this school. The connectedness these children experience in this community stands out like no other I have been in, and the answer to her observation is found in the presentation of Hardwired to Connect. This town IS all the things recommended. The people are committed to the children, they are all connected, the whole town turns out for school events, FATHERS come on field trips and help out at the school. All adults tell the kids put your sweater on and they do. Connected ness works, I see it .

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