tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post6368367678567385258..comments2024-03-18T22:56:06.696+05:30Comments on Jayasree Saranathan: Do parents have rights over children?Jayasree Saranathan http://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-1348397887554973022008-09-20T20:13:00.000+05:302008-09-20T20:13:00.000+05:30A nice explanation. Thank you.But I think like the...A nice explanation. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>But I think like the gardener, any parent will keep trying and trying as he will still be thinking and expecting that his seed is a good one. <BR/><BR/>He will try his best to manipulate the environment factors. These battles are going on in many households.Jayasree Saranathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-47175460600988791852008-09-20T14:44:00.000+05:302008-09-20T14:44:00.000+05:30I think here the discussion is on how to make a ba...I think here the discussion is on how to make a bad seed good. It is not possible. Say, you think the seed given to you is going to give sweet fruit. But it turned out to be Poisonous fruit. You cannot change anything here, except get rid of the poisonous tree. Because you have given the seed you cannot try in vain to change the poison to sweet. It is against the nature's law.<BR/><BR/>But a seed which is going to give good sweet fruit is being spoiled by the other palnts nearby ( poisonous) you can as a gardener do two things. 1. Disclocate the good plant to a safer andd healthy place 2. Remove or eliminate the poisonous plant from the vicinity of the sweet seed.<BR/>Here again the rejuvenation of displaced sweet seed plant in a newer environmentdepends on its ability to adapt new situation and cooperate; its health condition. It is not in your hand. Its inherenct ability of the plant itself.<BR/>So my answer is, if the seed is basically bad, one cannot change, whatever effort one put.<BR/><BR/>If the seed is good, but environment is bad, one can try to dislocate it and save it; but its growth depends on its ability to pick up the new environment; again depends on its inner stuff. Gardener has no role to play except try.<BR/>Hope I answered the query.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-7434583545274273802008-09-20T09:11:00.000+05:302008-09-20T09:11:00.000+05:30How to make the seed grow with health?A difficult ...How to make the seed grow with health?<BR/><BR/>A difficult task in my opinion.<BR/>It is because, as quoted in the Kural (63), Children are a wealth that one gets due to their past good karma. When children become a source of sorrow, it is wiser not to accumulate fresh karma by taking up arms against them. I mean judicial route looks unsavory. It might get the parent money and not care.<BR/><BR/>The causes for the increasing deterioration in this regard is the destruction of family values and lack of / absence of awareness about one's duty / responsibility to the other. <BR/><BR/>The awareness must come from within. It can also be inculcated right from childhood.In olden days Ramayana and puranaic stories on how people behaved, told at childhood helped in shaping the thoughts of children on certain ethics. But today's bed times stories are different. Most children grow up without knowing the importance of selfless relationship that has to be there between parents and children.<BR/><BR/>Parents, society and media all have a role to play in giving a positive direction to remedy this issue.Jayasree Saranathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-86466417447140595662008-09-19T12:15:00.000+05:302008-09-19T12:15:00.000+05:30Very true. Well thought out article. It is visible...Very true. Well thought out article. It is visible in many families in the modern era. The challenge infront of us is how to inculcate good traits in the minds of younger ones. The seed may be bad; how to make it grow with health is the toughest challenge.<BR/>Anyone has answer for this question?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com