These days most children have both working parents and their lives are full of haste and hurries. They get little to see of their parents, let alone spending much time with them. Parents are providing their children with all the necessities and essentials. They make sure their children are getting quality education, any tuition, if required, soccer practice, piano lessons, basically they are entertaining each and every whim of their children and fulfilling all their needs and wants, but they are keeping their most valuable possession from them, and that is, their time. Without doubt, it is not easy, nor cheap, for parents to provide their children with all these facilities but giving them their time, their most priceless possession for which there is no recompense, is whats most difficult.
Getting them the best education will definitely make them smart but it will not make them the sort of human beings they would want them to become when they grow up. They will lack the essential attributes of any well nurtured child which cannot be attained at any
school or institute, but only at home under the guidance of parents. All the things children learn at home will reflect in their personalities all their life unlike any subject that any school teacher might teach them. No one else in the world will take out the time to tell them about the difficulties they will have to face in life and how they will overcome them, because only someone who really cares for you will tell you these things, and they are your parents. When others will laugh at your mistakes, your parents will be the one to correct you errors because no one is really concerned about you like your parents.
Parents should sit with their children to just talk to them, get to know how the day went and what problems they faced. This will make the family more ‘connected’ and children will keep getting the essential advice required to find their way in the world. Nothing is more valuable for children than their parent’s time, and I suggest that the lucky children with this gift should make good use of it, and learn from their parents as much as they can, while they still have time. I’ d love to hear your opinions and thoughts, looking forward to your comments!
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