God wants your children to be kind to all children – especially those living with disabilities.
Hi, this is Joni Eareckson Tada wondering, were you ever bullied as a kid? I can recall one day in elementary school, a bunch of older kids teasing a hard-of-hearing classmate behind his back. And then, in junior high school, there was Benjamin Wallace, bless his heart—he wore thick glasses and had a speech impairment. I remember when Benjamin had to be called out of class to attend speech therapy; the kids in the back row would always poke fun at him. When it comes to kids with disabilities, studies show many of them are repetitively bullied by their classmates. It’s why today I encourage you to sit with your children and read over Leviticus 19, where the Lord says outright, “Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind but fear your God. For I am the Lord.” God wants your children to be kind to all children, especially those with disabilities.
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