OUR CHILDREN, THEIR LIFE AND THE HUMANITY'S FUTURE!

I open the newspaper to read reports about rapes, which is growing more and more barbaric and violent as time moves on. I listen to rape cases which are not reported in the newspaper, disclosed to none, but poured out to me at an emotional moment as his life coach. Yes, ‘HIS’. On my regular morning walk I see men ogling at women walkers in Capri pants and leggings.  I come across real life stories of how new age guys and girls are emotionally insecure and are being treated like doormat by their partner.

“The society is mean and not safe”, “Men are nasty and cultureless”, “Women are materialistic and evil”. Of late, these words frequent my ears. People are quick to raise fingers and hurl accusations and abuses at the aforesaid men, women and society. As the old saying goes ‘When you point a finger at someone you are pointing four fingers at yourself. ’ I have no choice but to ask the feminists, social activists and keyboard warriors on social media “What have you done to help resolve or at the very least to ease this situation?” Screaming at the top of your lungs, crying foul, holding banners and street rallies, sharing anti-gender posts are not even worth the time you spare to ‘Share’ or ‘Like’ it.

We need to find a solution by going to the root cause of the problem. We need to start working on the ‘childhood’. A person’s character and moral values are formed essentially within the first five years and then these fundamental sets in or is challenged during teenage. Parents need to be at their careful best during these two age phases. If you are a parent who cannot spend quality time instilling basic values and human fundamentals in your child, you have no business raising your finger at someone else’s failed upbringing. Tomorrow if your child becomes a rapist, emotional baggage, criminal mind, arrogant you will have no one else to blame but you. Being a parent is not another household chore like cleaning or cooking. It is a highly responsible job which every animal that Mother Nature creates knows through basic instinct. Except in a small percent of cases, I squarely can’t find any other reason but failed upbringing and improper education for the increasing number of humans who lack values and culture.

On this Children’s Day my message is for the parent and teachers of our little ones. The popular adage “Matha Pitha Guru Deivam" is highly relevant even today - Mother, Father and Teacher play an important role in the self-realization of goodness within a child. If you are able to set the fundamentals right, the issues and challenges faced by our generation will be non-existent for the future generations. Let’s make the world a better world for our children through them.

 

“When you have a godly husband, a godly wife, children who respect their parents and who are loved by their parents, who provide for those children their physical and spiritual and material needs, lovingly, you have the ideal unit”. Jerry Falwell

My heartfelt wishes on this Children’s Day and lots of hugs and kisses to all the beautiful kids out there. Keep Smiling, Be Good, Become Great!
- Arun Nair
CMD, Chief Mentor & Life Coach
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