Meditation for Peace
Parents
Should Cherish Children
Training them in virtue
1. Restraining them from evil;
2. Training them in virtue;
3. Giving them education;
4. Scrutinizing or knowing their children’s
friends to make sure that their children are associating with good people;
I
believe that many parents always want to cherish their children. No matter how
good or how bad they are, they are your own flesh and blood. They actually are
pure when they are born. Children are, in fact, enjoyable, lovable, honest, and
funny. Lf they become bad, we might consider that this is because we “adults” do not create a good
environment, or we may hurt them and not teach them or show them what good is.
Too much ambition may drive them in the wrong direction, and no ambition may
drive them in the wrong direction as well.
What
do children expect from their parents? Some children might ask for material
things. Parents need to know how to control their own spending and teach their
children how to save their money. Children actually expect their parents to be
good role models, showing them that they can achieve their goals. Parents need
to let them know that pleasing or satisfying everybody is impossible. We just
need to be honest, learn to do things that give ourselves and others joy, and
know how to help ourselves and others. If mistakes are made in the past, they
are too late to be corrected in our generation. It will be better to teach
those mistakes to our too late to be corrected in our generation. It will be
better to teach those mistakes to our children, so that those mistakes will not
happen again. Parents need to learn how to grow and teach their children. In
any case, parents need to behave themselves in order to good role models.
5. Passing on their heritage to them in due
course.
Passing on their heritage to them in due course
What do children expect from their parents
