DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 25 -- THE future of Tanzania is not shaped solely in parliament, universities, or boardrooms. It begins in the home, in the lives of parents and guardians who teach, guide and nurture the next generation. Parents hold a unique and sacred responsibility: The responsibility to mold children into citizens of character, integrity and faith. Neglect this duty and we risk leaving our nation vulnerable to the consequences of poor guidance, weak values and moral decay.

Every child carries the promise of the future and every act of parenting, every word of guidance, every lesson in honesty, every demonstration of respect for God and fellow human beings builds the foundation of that future. Children learn far more from what par...