Why was this mention about the rising generation included?

Thomas R. Valletta

“While we do not think of it this way very often, the rising generation has some genuine responsibilities to the older generation still living. We are not immune to influence from you. We not only regard you as the seedbearers of a celestial culture to come, but our own journey can be hastened by your pressing forward. … Lowering standards in the rising generations can create an undertow that affects all ages.

“We have seen, in just the past decade, various youth movements wash over shaky adults who gave way under pressure. Some adults, strangely enough, replaced their old values, of all things, with youth worship! The last thing youth needs is to be envied or worshiped” (Maxwell, Wherefore, Ye Must Press Forward, 84).

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