Orderliness peace and progress of
a society depends on its citizens. The character of the citizens depends on
their upbringing and character - formation during their childhood. The
upbringing of children cannot be done properly until the parents obtain the
proper knowledge about it. To have children is not a matter of good fortune.
Only when they become knowledgeable and worthy, then it is a matter of good
fortune. Parents leave behind a legacy of wealth, fields, agriculture, gold and
silver, money, trade etc for their children. It helps somewhat in carrying on
their life, but all these things are irrelevant from the point of view of
development of character. When the character is of a low level and the person
is in the grip of laziness and procrastination, the heir wastes away the wealth
or otherwise Lakshmi (the Goddess of wealth) leaves his abode because she finds
him ignorant and disorganized. He can never have peace of mind in his life.
Those who want their children to be really happy and their futures bright, it
will be proper for them to imbue their children with good qualities. This
bestowing of good qualities is possible only for those who themselves have
something of their own. Only the rich can leave behind money for their children
but only a virtuous person can leave a legacy of developed character for his
children.
Children's understanding is
undeveloped, they are not able to understand lectures properly but their power
of imitation is very strong. They easily learn whatever they see and
immediately imitate it.
1. The lesson of toil: If we wish
that our children do not become lazy and do not shirk work, then we must put
before them the example of toil and involvement in work and just like us,
prepare a time-table for them to be involved in some work.
2. Generosity is another virtue.
Children usually fight with their brothers and sisters. They indulge in
quarrels and grabbing and snatching for items of food and drink, toys or some
other things. This habit should never be encouraged, instead they must be
taught to share sweets etc with their brothers and sisters and then eat. Nobody
can destroy peace and love when there is a policy of forget and forgive,
remembering one's duty and forgetting one's right. Generosity is the biggest
guarantee for peace in the family
3. Cleanliness and simplicity:
Cleanliness is the third virtue. One's things should not be out of place.
Clothes, shoes, vessels, books, pen etc are normally thrown here and there by
children who immediately forget, and go about their work. They must be taught
that only after completing one work another work should be undertaken and
untidiness should be despised.
4. Good use of time: Working by a
time-table in daily life is an important quality for putting human-life to good
use. Most people do not understand the value of time. Enterprise is the other
name for the good use of time.
5. Courtesy and gentlemanliness:
Politeness, gentlemanliness, courteous conduct, pleasant speech, goodness -
these are the qualities by which other people get attracted to us, have
compassion for us, become our admirers and become cheerful in our company. The
quality of making others our own lies only in honesty and goodness in dealing
or conduct with others. In the school that is family, the practice of goodness,
gentlemanliness and pleasantness must be taught to the children from childhood
only. The elders in the family when talking to the juniors should address them
with respect.
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