Some days back I came across a small video clip from Mahabharata in which lord Krishna explains how important it is to guide your children to build up their character than their future. Impressed with the thought I had some brain storming.
It is essential that we invest in Childs character than in their future. Building a good character will definitely help them have good future but having good secured future doesn’t ensure us that they have good character.
Our children are observing us for larger hours since lockdown started on 22nd March, today we are in June and few more days child will observe us 24*7.What do you think this change has added to your Childs life? Have you ever thought how strong the life behind these closed doors would reflect on your Childs behaviour or character?
You child has unknowingly observed you and absorbed all your habits, and behavioural patterns. It doesn’t matter how small or how big your child is, your personality will directly affect him. He is already occupied by your genes half the way now remaining 50% is still in your hands to shape him up.
We were busy in our daily routines and the child carries a different picture of a working parent, than a parent who is at home for months. He has seen your stress management skills at home since two months. This was not the corporate stress management but the lesson of managing it remains same. He has observed you if you have been empathetic towards your wife helping her in household chores, or if ordering new dishes, exploiting her sitting at one place. He is also observing mothers cooking and doing household without maids help, understanding the ownership of the house.
They have observed you dance hand in hand enjoying the lockdown or stressing up on phone for hours. They have seen you if you have used this opportunity lockdown for enrichment of life in different ways , or just wasted days and months sitting watching web series and fun masti without any value addition. They have seen your concern towards your old parents or in laws and made up their minds for family values.
They saw all of us struggling still enjoying some festivals during lockdown like Gudi Padwa, Vatapornima Eid, understanding the values of our culture. They saw us celebrating mother’s day and strengthen the bond of motherhood in society. They have seen us if we really meant to donate and help the needy, they have seen us getting scared of situation. They have heard our comments on pandemic, the migrant poor and the unfortunate deaths around. They heard talking about religious disputes during pandemic and much more.
Have you done your bit, have you initiated by helping a needy. Do you have any good deed to show your child teach him what life is all about? What is that you really want your child to be? Do you want them to grow up as a person with a good character, good habits, and a good human being?
Have you initiated some learning process for your child, some self development session for yourself? We all lack in some or the other thing, did we think of overcoming or learning it. Did we ensure that we improve by putting away some bad habits (we all have) and show child good ideal parent picture? Did you make your child understand how important relations, people, schools, institutes, friends, good hygiene are in our life.
Scope of improvement is very high and we are not late yet. Ensure you have a good picture for your child to inculcate in himself and have a good character. Be the change you want to see. Being human is not enough; you need to be a good human being.
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