All kinds of people push conformity. But why? Fitting in may sound harmless, but it leads to all kinds of misery. We need to talk about this.
Teachers extol fitting in as a form of crowd control, pointing to the most passive kid in the room as the standard of model behavior. Warping the hearts of children is just so much collateral damage and not important.
Other kids join in because it0s what kids do as they try to figure out what they have going for them and if they0re going to be able to make something good of life. Coercing other kids to see them as the norm makes them feel less weird.
Parents, unfortunately, join the game. Passive kids seem to take less time and a whole lot less effort. Well, I hate to be the one to break the news, but parenting is all about effort and inconvenience Teaching our kids passive conformity turns out badly.
The Bible, to drop the big-bomb name, says we0re not supposed to fit in. God custom-designed each of us to be originals. Our uniqueness is the square peg that doesn0t fit conformity0s round hole. It0s not supposed to.
We have physical clues of God0s plan. First, […]

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