As we celebrate the Epiphany or The Feast of the Three Kings, our thoughts naturally revolve around children. Fr. Tito Caluag quotes a hearsay from a friend's attendance at a lecture: "From age 1 to 7, one must not worry about teaching kids religion, because they are religion."
Is this the rationale behind calling 7 the age of reason? And why the mother is usually granted custody of her child/ren below 7 of age? Someone has also said that we are born whole in spirit, only to be torn apart when exposed to the world. No matter, today's reality for most children 1-7 is far from whole- as far as the family and community are concerned. Mediation is silent witness to this sad and unfortunate situation.
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