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A new study finds that children from religious homes behave better than children from homes with no religious influence. For those of use who grew up in a Christian home, this comes as no surprise. I’ve been witness to this all my life. But now, thanks to some sociologists at Mississippi State University, we have a study that confirms this.

In this study, parents and teachers of more than 16,000 children were asked to rate how much self-control the young people had and how often they exhibited poor behavior. The same group was then asked how frequently the family attended worship services and discussed religion at home. The scores from the two sets of questions were tabulated and compared and MSU researchers concluded that children whose families regularly attended worship services or talked about religion at home were found to have better self-control and social skills than children with non-religious parents.

John Bartkowski, a MSU sociologist who helped conduct the study, stated, “What we found is that religion matters. Not only does parental church attendance or religious worship service attendance positively affect child development outcomes, but the frequency at which parents and children discuss religion has a beneficial effect on children’s development.”

For the full article, see the OneNewsNow website.