Parenthood

In the light of many unfortunate incidents happening all around the world where young adults and children are turning criminals i have a few thoughts to share to all parents out there. We have children for whom we are responsible for.  Our responsibility is not limited to their physical and intellectual growth but also to their mental well being. We Indians are family oriented.  We have a legacy of being family rooted people yet today we are out of focus today.  Priorities have shifted to merely providing materialistic things rather than actually helping our kids to become good human beings.  Whatever we teach our kids are only superficial knowledge.  There is a spirit in all of us let us not break it but build it.  I have only one dream for my son ever since he is born that he grow up to be a human being that both mankind and God appreciate and cherish.  People ask me what do you want him to be once he grow up.  He can choose any career he likes but all i want him to be is a good human being. For that to happen only wishing him well is not enough.  I can mould him the way i want.  I have the power to guide him to that dream i have for him.  For his physical intellectual mental and spiritual growth if i can be a guide for him then only that dream will come true.  A child is a huge responsibility therefore. Raising a kid should be an investment which when they become adults the society can reap benefit out of. Imagine every kid out there gets enough attention love and care from their parents the world would certainly be a better place.  People talk about making this world a better place.  I feel there is no better way than being good parents to children and raising them to be kind loving responsible adults to make this world better. All we need for evil to thrive in this world is for good people to do nothing. Most of the time parents just don't do anything for the mental and spiritual growth of the kids.  If you are not your children's guide they will eventually find someone else outside the family and most likely they  wont be as good as you or much worse.  We are taught to that we should make money and have a career get married and have kids.  But we are not taught how to be a good human being.  A good human being will be good in all his relationships.  We are evolving everyday. So we must keep on learning. There should be no end to learning.  There should be no end to our rejuvenation for we should constantly try to make ourselves better as humans.  For that to happen one should read.  A habit long lost in our culture.  A vast majority don't read or only read while in school or college. Our education should take us beyond learning generic information. It should provoke new thoughts in us.  Make us want to be proactive in life.  I am a 32 Year old stay at home mom since my son is born in 2015.  I still read on everything i can get on our physical mental and spiritual well being.  We need to learn and even unlearn from time to time.  Knowledge of any kind is infinite.  Unless we keep ourselves up to date how can we lead a better quality of life.  There is no perfect parent or children out there.  It is an evolution.  We are constantly changing ourselves.  We have an opportunity to change ourselves every day every hour that pass by.  Let us try and be active partners in our own evolution by reading and applying those things that could change our behaviour our thoughts our actions our attitude our selves thereby a whole family society or even a nation.