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Parenting

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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I’m 35 now, and I find myself sitting with a tender and important question: whether or not to have a child.When I was 33, I was going through a deep process of separation from my teacher, like a mother. During that time, the desire to have a baby started to surface—it even began to appear in my paintings. It felt like a natural longing [conti]

It is surely possible to do both, raise a beautiful child as well as pursue your ideal in the field of health and healing. But

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How to decide whether to have kids or no? On one hand I am worried about my ability to be a good father while even struggling to take up responsibility of being a good partner, good son. On the other, it feels so much joy to think about upbringing a child in the world. There is also a factor of my wife’s age (35) which sort of brings this question to urgent. I grew up where my parents fought a lot and they still do. Me and my wife too have our set of fights.. But we do consciously strive to get better.. and we are..But the fights and shouting at times does happen. What would happen to the child? Cannot expect for this to go away like a switch. I am not sure how to think about all of this altogether😄.

The coming of a child no doubt brings joy but also a lot of responsibility. The decision has to be taken consciously based on whether

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Alok da, since last 15 days we are struggling to make our 11 year old sleep in his own room, though he sleeps in his room every other night he come and sleep with us, we have tried everything but he wants me to make him sleep and even after that he gets up and wants me to put him to sleep again in the middle of the night, we feel it’s high time that he needs to sleep on his own, Please advice😳.

Yes children should begin to sleep by themselves by 5. In India, due to stronger emotional bonding and family attachment it takes longer. In any

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