ARE WE BEING RESPONSIBLE?

I follow a particular podcaster. Though young, he has impressed me with his maturity and spiritual alignment. He has been interviewing the top personalities in all fields. From a spiritual master to a politician to a vedic scholar to an industrialist to a Bollywood actor. You name them and he has interviewed them. He has grown considerably over the years and has become an influencer.

Suddenly, to the dismay of all his followers, he was found to be part of a show in which he asked a very provocative question to a contestant, and what was shocking was the vulgarity of the question that he asked in the name of humour, forgetting who he was and his influence on the younger generation.  His words were crass and vulgar and would have made his mother cringe and hang her head down in shame. Her son got carried away and did not exhibit responsible behavior.

Is this the society in which we live! Have all moral values vanished and become extinct? Young children, who use the social media, are exposed to such shows and the impact it can have on them cannot be reversed, sometimes. It can have an irreversible damage on the younger generation. Are we aware of it?

The people in their immediate surroundings are, their parents. If we wish to create a better world, we have the responsibility to take care of our behavior. It is frightening to hear about the influence of media on the younger generation. Gone are the days when we used to see changes in children’s behavior at the onset of puberty. Now it is astonishing to see children at the age of six becoming physical with each other! This may be because they are watching adult movies or serials.

It has been worrying me for some time. How do we bring back that innocence in the six- year old? An earnest appeal to parents. You need to invest a lot of time with your children, young and old, for them to be aligned in life. They are the future. None of us wants a perverted society. If we wish to live in a world where there is peace, happiness, trust, safety, morality, beautiful relationships, and a threat free environment, parents have to play their part.

Only parents can be the game -changers in a world that is fast losing its credibility. Parenting should not be delegated.

Children are becoming more volatile in their behavior. This is because they do not get quality family time. They spend long hours with gadgets, on social media, in front of the television, in the company of friends, rather than with their parents. The loving touch of a parent is missing. So also, the much-needed hug.

From their childhood we should give them a direction in life by involving them in productive activities, so that we reduce their screen time.

This will help them to align themselves to the goals that they set for themselves. We do not want our children to lose track in life. We wish them well. But if we do not take the required efforts, we are sure to lose them.

With all the wrong exposure and the influence of the peer group, there are chances that they may go astray.

Invest quality time with children and that is the secret of successful parenting. Establish a strong bond with your children, initiate them into the right activities when they are young, and you will be able to live a life that is well rewarded, and also gift society one more beautiful human-being, who is responsible. 

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