How to bring up children with spiritual values?

Q : Guruji Pranam, I have two kids Satchid (7) and Pranav(2). Currently, Satchid is doing asanas and likhit japa with regular schedule and swadhyaya too. But he is a whiner and has started tricking and lying too. Pranav started trying sun salutations. He is too energetic. Guruji, please guide me how to bring them up in the way you advise in satsangs? What should be their basic compulsory schedule?

Rose Singh

Answer

Well Rose, you cannot provide the basic compulsory schedule to the kids, you have to make the whole thing so playful & joyful that they see it as a fun & not as a schedule. A schedule is too dictatorial; do not do that to your kids. I do not know why you are making your child do “likhit japa”. I think they have enough home work from school. Do not put them to this trauma of writing likhit japa.

You may introduce them to kirtan, where you too along with your kids can sing, dance & jump around; do the mantra in an entertaining way, not in this way. If possible, someday bring your kids to me or send your kids to my children’s camp, I hope that they will learn more & enjoy learning.

Gurumaa

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