The value of history for the integral education of a child in the family

Abstract

It is the family on which primarily rests the duty as well as the right to bring up its children. This is an effect of the participation of the parents in the transmission of life of their child, which obliges them to further action with a purpose of educating the human being from the start of his/her life. It is therefore necessary to make suitable choices, thanks to which a proper model of upbringing will be adopted. Among various propositions which are suggested by today's world, from the point of view of Christian teaching regarding the human being, the most adequate concept is that of the model of integral education. A holistic and personal outlook of the human being guarantees its balanced development, due to which man may reach his final educational aim, this being a mature personality and, in the supernatural dimension, eternal salvation. An integral education consists of building human nature founded on values, ones which are the highest and unchanged, as well as those constituting an aid for their realization. Among these, ought to be noticed a sensitivity in respect of history and tradition. Thanks to a demonstrating of the worth of reflecting on human history, on the fatherland or on one's own family, integral education forms a mature human being, one which is aware of its identity and affiliation to a given community and which is able to draw conclusions from the attitudes of his/her ancestors.