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a reality, parents must set a good example by practicing the 8 Precepts along with them. Keeping the 8 Precepts will help children develop frugality and guide them to wisely use the 4 requisites in the most economical way. If every family is able to follow these guidelines, its future financial stability will be secured. Children of these families will be able to wisely manage their inheritance, if there is one. Even with no inheritance, children of these families will be able to secure their financial stability by themselves. This is because they have sealed an opening in their pocket by not getting involved with any of the Roads to Ruin (Apayamukha). Chapter 12 Dear Father, Please Don't Let Me Become Addicted to Television The Warm Hearted Family 140 Teaching Children Frugality to Ensure The Family's Future One of the concerns facing parents today is not having enough time to spend with their children because almost all of their available time is used to earn a living to support the family. Their solution, sometimes, is to allow their children to spend more time watching television. In other words, they think that "there's nothing wrong with letting the television baby sit the children." This unsound solution to a concern has bad consequences because it leaves parents distressed from the changes seen in their children's behavior. Children are becoming more aggressive, offensive and perverse, and they are using more profanity. These adverse changes in their children's behavior leave parents quite clueless as to the root cause. The Warm Hearted Family 141 Dear Father, Please Don't Let Me Become Addicted to Television