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Recently my son had an incident of being bullied in class so then I realised that he needs to be taught to have courage and started sharing him stories and kept on talking with him, so last night I read to him para where Sri Aurobindo shares about Aryan fighter and he loved it, so many share with me some more lines from Sri Aurobindo’s works or Savitri which I can read to him each night before sleeping😴 

Stories are the best medium to inspire children, especially stories of the Ramayana, especially Hanuman. Savitri acts to build the inner consciousness much more than

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Alok da, Mother has said never scold a child , now I never scolded my son now he is 11. Due to this two things have happened one he is on his adolescence and he just does not listen like if I tell him to pick up his clothes or put his shoes in its place from the living room now when I sternly tell, pick it up right now after 4-5 reminders then only the work is done and on the other side since he is not use to scolding at home if he faces a strict teacher or some bully in school he starts crying … so I know Ma can never be wrong but please advise in this situation 😥

The Mother was not against being firm to help the child form good habits and discipline. Scolding, especially with anger distorts a child’s consciousness. He

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Bhaiya My sister has an overprotective instinct for her daughter. She doesn’t allow her to go for a movie with boys. She doesn’t allow her to wear modern outfits, and she used to tell her to do all these things once you get a job. Due to which she asked me a question: is it right to do all these things without asking for permission, or else she will wait until she gets a job? Please advice what should be the right attitude should she take😥

It is not a question of doing things with or without permission but doing them consciously and knowing the implications of our actions. One should

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