Children Who Are Addicted to Apāyamukha : หน้า 96/207

Children Who Are Addicted to Apāyamukha (the Roads to Ruin) Their love for their children makes parents work hard to earn money, so that they can provide comforts like an education, toys, and clothes for their children, and also so that their children will not be embarrassed by signs of poverty. They love their children blindly and this blindness makes them fail to see that they are devoting all their efforts towards their children's physical growth and comfort while neglecting their equally important emotional and spiritual growth. They are then surprised and saddened when their children are caught doing drugs, drinking alcohol, and otherwise behaving shamefully. Self-destructive behavior is just as detrimental to a child's future as lack of education or lack of food. If allowed to continue on the Roads to Ruin, or Apāyamukha, these children will destroy their own futures. The Warm Hearted Family