Who will need to step up to take this responsibility of creating a positive environment? Should it be each one of us?

Let’s think about this. The way I brought up as a child, I always saw my mother playing that role of creating this positive environment in my home. To me she was an embodiment of love and always taught us to share that love to all. If that love is within us, we tend to show the same to all others. We share our happiness, sorrows, and pains and so on in the family that my mother always showed us the brighter side of each. I really feel a need for each parent in every household to play this role and will be a vital relationship to positively impact a child’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Remember that our thoughts lead to words, words to actions, actions to habit, habit to character, and character to Destiny. What we reap is what we sow.

It is inevitable that as human beings, one must go through various emotions at different stages of our lives. Especially in the early stages of life, a child’s emotions reflect on how they think and behave. As a parent, one should always pay close attention to any behavioral changes that would adversely reflect on child’s character in the short and long run, or if those behavioral changes create any adverse impact to the outside world. When such behavior is observed, both the parents will need to communicate and come up with a right choice or decision on how to handle such situations. Disagreements between parents should be addressed with in themselves to avoid any confused situations for the child. This will give the child a clear understanding that both the parents are on the same page and communicating a right message.

Each parent has a different role to play in child’s life and in combination should set them right by making them understand on what is right and what is wrong. Make it a practice to get involved in child’s activities and talking to the child every day by asking questions on how his or her day went by. Teach children early on that there should be no secrets from parents. Make them understand that this will only help them from any potential issues later. For a child to have these direct interactions, parents should themselves set as an example with their attitude and behavior within the family and in the outside world. This will help the child to interact more with the parents so their concerns can be addressed and parents can maintain a constructive perspective so the child can counter negative influences contributing towards child’s better future.

Mother’s role is unique in a way that a child is always comfortable and closer to her at any times, where as in most cases, a Father plays a significant role at the later stages of childhood and towards young adulthood by assuring and securing them for their better future. So, given the role of a mother, it is absolutely critical that every family needs that role model in every house to inspire positive thoughts in a child in the early stages so eventually it guides towards the right character in them and make a better tomorrow for all of us. Let’s all think about the change we need to look for and together work for the change we all deserve.

Education is important for a child to gain knowledge and wisdom but character is much more important to become a better person in the community. So, empower your child with proper education, right character and good morals.

“Raise your child with Pride “