Pleasures
of Parenting
The best moments of your life are the
moments which you spend with those whom you love very much. Who else do you
love more than your family and kids? But in young age, we are so engrossed in
making money that we have no time for them. In the end, we realize that we have
missed the most beautiful and most blessed thing in life.
Children do not need your money. They
need your time and attention. They don’t need your presents; they need your
presence. Spend time with them. Talk to them. Play with them. Appreciate and
encourage them. Help them when they fall, support them when they fail and cheer
them when they win. Correct them when they commit mistakes and discipline them
when they deviate from the right path. Teach them what to do and what not to do
in life. Give them the confidence that you are always with them in all ups and
downs. Develop them as winners and achievers, innovators and leaders who will
rock the world.
Effective parenting is a great
responsibility. Like a good gardener, you have to patiently watch the sapling
grow day by day. Water it, nourish it, nurture it and tend it with love and
care. Trim and prune all unnecessary outgrowths. Weed out negative emotions and
feed it with the fertilizer of positive values. A day will come when beautiful
flowers will bloom. They will dance gorgeously in the morning breeze and spread
their sweet fragrance far and wide. You will also feel pride, joy, contentment
and fulfillment, watching them from your verandah.
A child who is brought up with love
and care will radiate affection and warmth around himself. There is no greater pleasure
than re-living your childhood with your kids and there is no greater loss than
missing your kid’s childhood.
