Read a May 9, 2006, Washington Post story about parents who shy away from organized religion but want their children to have some introduction to it.

Read a story from Christian Reflection, posted by Beliefnet.com, on the value of teaching children about faith directly from the Bible.

Read a Jan. 12, 2006, story from The New York Times about the “Indigo” generation.

Read a Jan. 17, 2009 Washington Times article about the incorporation of music into Sunday school programs in order to engage and reach out to the younger generations.

Read an Oct. 17, 2012 Huffington Post article about the importance of giving children the tools and information on multiple religions in order to give them the “baggage” for later analysis and understanding.

Read a May 15, 2011 Huffington Post article that says that most people renounce their childhood religion before the age of 24, which means that teaching religion to the younger generations is as important as ever.

Read a Sept. 26, 2011 article about the growing distance between the new generations and religion, despite the fact that over 72 percent of Millennials consider themselves “more spiritual than religious,” according to a LifeWay Christian Resources survey.

Read a Jan. 31, 2013 Religious News Service article about the Vatican culture ministry’s fear that the younger generations are not fully understood by the Catholic Church.

James R. Tallon Jr. is the chairman of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and president of the United Hospital Fund of New York, the nation’s oldest federated charity. The Fund addresses critical issues affecting hospitals and health care in New York City through health services research and policy analysis, education and information […]