Why is it called The Reformed American Society?

   Sometimes people hear the name and ask why it isn't the "American Reform Society". The wording is intentional. In today's society there seems to be a fairly commonly held misconception that the bulk of our problems are external. Everything today is "toxic". Toxic masculinity, toxic religion, toxic relationships, toxic discussion, toxic environments, etc. People often talk of needing reform, be it social reform, justice reform, political reform, religious reform, etc, and in many cases it ends in people blaming the institutions and people in positions of leadership. They'll say things like "Marriage doesn't work! Man wasn't meant to be monogamous!" or "Religion is outdated!" or "Democracy doesn't work! People can't self govern!" or "Kids can't handle rules!" Very seldom do people look inward and say, "I wonder if there's something wrong with me."

   Instead of rebuilding the institutions, or changing the layout of the government, or voting in new politicians that promise to be holy and righteous and never screw up, our reformation efforts start with ourselves and our families. Children and families form the foundation of our society, and the children grow up to become the employees we hire and the politicians we elect. Teaching the upcoming generations how to live healthy and self-govern is the first step in producing a pool of good candidates to choose from. Teaching men how to be dad's and husbands, and women how to be moms and wives is the OTHER first step. This is what we do. We are a society of reformed Americans who are teaching others in order to reform our society.