Yesterday my three year old son, Michael, and I went to our favorite place – the park.  When Michael was just 18 months old, he astonished my wife and I when he told us, “I want to go to the P.A.R.K.” as he spelled out the word, park.

But yesterday’s experience at the park was disappointing because the park was filled with a dozen children who ran around and shot each other “dead” with their toy guns.  They screamed, “You’re dead” as they continued a barrage of shooting and chasing, shooting and killing.  Michael had no idea what the other kids were doing, but he sure wanted to play with them.

I’m telling this story because we have so little time as parents to teach our children the real truths about who they are, before the world gets hold on them.   Truths like “I love you” and “You are precious” and “You are God’s child.”

These messages are the foundation that lies under the creation of Thumbuddy, and they are the foundational messages that we want our children to know, deep inside their hearts.