THE DUTY OF PARENTS
Children are the
most precious gift of the Lord to the world.
All love children and like them very much. Parents should take much care to children’s
developments. I would like to say a few
worlds about the duties of parents here.
Character
At the time of
birth, children have no idea and thinking capacity. Everything they learn from their
parents. So, the parents should treat
the children very carefully.
The first duty of
parents is to build good characters to their children. During childhood we can teach anything to
children in an easy way.
Truthfulness,
kindness, obedience and respect to elders etc are very good characters. The parents should teach these types of
characters to children through their activities and moral stories. These characters create very good citizens in
our society and country. Character is
the hall mark of a man.
“If the wealth is lost
nothing is lost
If the health is lost
something is lost
If the character is
lost everything is lost”
Character
building should be done with careful and sustained nurturing of right thought
and conduct. Children spent more time at
home than in school. Parents are the
first teachers of the children. They
should try to spent more time with their children for overall development,
children should be treated with love, affection and care. But don’t curdle them, because only the test
of fir makes fine steel.
Parents should
try to be model to their children. They
must be punctual, gentle, simple, unassuming, honest, upright bold, active,
patriotic and spiritual who could inspire such qualities to their children.
Education
The second duty is to educate the
children in proper way. Education makes
a full man. At first select a good school for education. Then get guidance from the best and model
teachers. The good school and model
teachers will make your children all-rounders.
Parents should try to create a serene atmosphere at home that is fit for
learning. It is the duty of parents to
teach their children the common etiquette.
All children are born innocent but they are made guilty or offensive by
others such as elders, teachers, parents etc.
From
the primary education to the higher education your personal care is essential
for the development of your children.
Guidance:
After completion of the education parents
should guide children to be good citizens. Necessary help and advice should be
given to them for obtaining a good job and lead a peaceful happy family
life.
This article was
published in N.M.VIDYA KENDRA
School
