Book Title: Second Edition
Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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________________ of repulsive options and unpleasant company are less afraid of their children going hay-wire when they grow up. Dates eaten in winter sustain us throughout the year. Child-hood is the winter of life. In the winter season the digestive juices are extremely active and hence whatever you eat would get digested. But today the winter of their life is over faster and the parents have not been able to spend enough quality time with their children which can lead to sustenance of morals and values. It is doubtful whether they spend even half an hour in a whole week in engaging their children in meaningful dialogue. Childhood days are the days of grasping more knowledge. The majority of the words that we know are learned in the age group of 3 to 6 years. Most of the programming of what they will do as grown-ups is all determined between their age of 36 years. As he grows older he seeks logic in everything that he does. It is now your duty to explain everything logically to them. The time period of 3 to 6 years is the age of grasping without any confusion. At this age, the child is more obedient and this makes the effort of instilling good values more fruitful. A farmer who has lost the opportunity to sow the seeds has to abandon the hope of harvesting a good crop. The parents have to be vigilant towards the child's proper upbringing like the farmer. The greenery that you see in the farm is not only due to the accurate planting of seeds. Critical evaluation also has a major role to play. In this context parents have to take many defensive and creative steps. To achieve the same parents have to inculcate hawk-like and crow-like tendencies as described below : Hawk-like Tendency: The hawk which flies high in the sky has a very sharp eye-sight. It can see a piece of flesh Second Edition 19

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