Generation Gap
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towards the worldly life and your spiritual progress? You should
not neglect your duties. You are to fulfill your obligations, even if
your son speaks to you rudely and is disrespectful towards you.
What are your duties as a parent? Your duty as a parent should
be to nurture and raise your child well and direct him on the
right path. If he speaks to you in a disrespectful manner, and
you do the same to him, he will become rebellious. Instead you
should sit and explain things to him in a gentle and loving manner.
There should be a spiritual understanding behind all your acts. If
you do not allow spirituality to enter, something negative will
enter in the vacuum. The vacuum will not remain for long. If a
house is left vacant in these times, will squatters not trespass
and occupy it?
(P.39)
What is the role of a woman in the home? All the people
in the neighborhood should be impressed by the way she fulfils
her duties. The true religion of a woman is to raise her children
with good moral values. And if her husband is lacking in these
values, she should help him with that too. Religion is to make
things better for one’s family. Should one not try to make things
better?
(P.41)
Some parents get so involved and engrossed in their
religious practices and rituals that they become irritated when
their children disturb them. They become irritated with their
children, within whom God resides, while they continue
worshipping an idol of God. How can you ever become angry
with your children? There is a living God present within them.
(P.41)
DO NOT FIGHT IN THE PRESENCE OF CHILDREN
If you are a vegetarian, you do not drink alcohol and you
treat your wife with respect, your children will take note of your
virtues. They will notice how other parents fight, whereas their