They fired and jailed the leaders, and the church denied its sacraments to members of the league. Reading had liberated the mind and the spirit. Reading can be a tool that frees us to understand better the moral issues of our society and our culture. Parents abuse 1,200 children to death each year. A theft or violent crime occurs on school grounds once every six seconds.
Guns kill fourteen children each day.
One thousand teenagers attempt suicide every day, and one succeeds every ninety minutes. To survive in this world and remain ethical it helps to be physically strong. However, it also helps to be mentally strong. Reading aloud to children so that they will become excited about reading is one tool we give them to help them prepare for life. When children love reading, a world of information is open up to them that helps guide their lives so that they might become better people.