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writing, and arithmetic, and as a

result, the government-run public

education system was established to

teach academics so that Sunday

Schools could focus strictly on teaching

the Bible.

Attending Sunday School became an

integral part of childhood. Even

parents who did not regularly attend

church themselves generally insisted

that their children go to Sunday

School. But because of the trend of

permissive parenting that began in the

1960s, parents no longer insisted that

their children attend Sunday School,

and rather than assume their God-

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