Our Children Are A Reflection of Our Society and the Future of Our Democracy

• 404 School Shootings since Columbine in 1999 (Washington Post)

• An estimated 31.9% of adolescents have an anxiety disorder (National Institute for Mental Health)

• 50% of teens feel addicted to their cell phone (Common Sense Media)

• From 2007 through 2021, suicide rates for Americans ages 10 to 24 rose 62% (Center for Disease Control)

• Only about 62% of college students finish their program within six years of starting (National Student Clearing House)

• Average ACT scores have fallen for 6 years in a row and only 20.8% of students meet all the College Readiness Benchmarks(ACT)

• 40% of business leaders believe that recent college grads are not ready to succeed in the work force due to work ethic and communication skills.(CBS)

Train up a child in the way they should go and when they are old they will not part from it.                                                                                                                           Proverbs 22:6