Children are New Adults and Adults New Children
This may sound weird to you but this is how the world is working
these days. Adults are completely lost on their pursuits and children are in
charge of almost everything. Let’s see a typical day in a household, the child
enters from School, he gets to watch his favorite T.V channel, the food of his
choice, etc. This is fine right? What’s wrong with this?
Well, definitely this is ok if it would stop here. But children
are dictating, from where they should shop, what they would shop. But if it is
for themselves again that’s fine. But what if we tell you, they advise the
parents to shop for their mobile from this place or this particular brand of
mobile. Car buying decisions influenced by kids, Have you heard about this? Now
you might wonder, kids are old enough to decide so Okay. But again, we are
talking about 5-year-olds, 6-year-olds influencing parents. No wonder then,
most ads feature kids as models. Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji has warned the Masses about
this potential danger that is lurking around in people from all classes.
Kids would want a pair of jeans just because their friend has it
or a gear cycle again for the same reason. Now all these incidents give rise to
the question, how far are parents willing to go in their quest to please their
children? Turns out really far, parents don’t mind spending thousands and lacs
of rupees just because their children want them and this is the case of middle-class families. It is not about money alone, this is, in fact, affecting the future
of the nation.
Saints have guided us do not fall too much into the trap of
parenthood. Baba Ram Rahim Ji, often says there is a thin line between love and
attachment. Unfortunately, this thin line has merged in today’s times and
parents literally are behaving like kids, not knowing what is best for their
children.
Often times, parents would not know where to draw the line and
the toys, materials even clothes they are buying for their kids are they really
needed? Again, the same applies to feed children. Often times, children
are fed mindlessly and they turn out to be excess baggage of fat and lethargy
leading to diabetes and various other illnesses at such a tender age.
The only solution, to the present scenario, is keeping the children
in their limits. Saint Ram Rahim Ji, in his elaborate Satsang on bringing up
children the right way, has outlined some wonderful habits to foster in
children.
Love them unconditionally, but do not pamper- you might be
working parents and would want to balance out time, by providing unnecessary
things, but these will not help the child, instead he might be spoilt for
entire lifetime.
Enforce some rules to abide by- correct time to finish
work, meditation, and prayer, eating habits, need to be enforced in kids from a
very young age. In the process of making them eat, a lot of rules are foregone,
which give rise to problems later on.
Model good behavior- For a kid to be groomed right, the
first and foremost requirement is model good behavior in front of them. Sleep
on time, limit gadget use, speak politely, do not lie and keep your promises.
This single advice if followed completely can make life better for you and
your kids exhort Baba Ram Rahim Ji.
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