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The parents should be prepared to handle the issues following the four point meritorious formula.
1. Be Available : Be within the child's sight. Today, many parents are alive but not present for the child. Parents are the child's help-line and this helpline should remain online for their children. Excessively busy parents ruin the lives of their children.
Let me cite an incident that happened in one of the suburbs of Mumbai. One known young boy used to come to see me everyday. One day I casually asked him : "where is your father ? I have not seen him since many days ?” he immediately smiled and replied back : "oh ! even I have not seen him !" and smilingly went away. Many other children's experience is hidden in this answer. Today many other fathers are also found missing in the same fashion.
The westerners are extremely tired of a life without a family. They have now awakened. To motivate them to have a good family life, western social reformers are enlightening people of the benefits of family dinner. The number of families who have dinner together for atleast 3 to 5 days in a week are increasing.
Many researchers have opined that "children who have dinner with their families are less prone to drug addiction when compared with other children of their age. Their intellectual development is also higher, they are less stressed and they eat well. In many states of America they encourage family dinners on Sep 4. In our culture, eating food together is an age old tradition whereas in the western countries they celebrate such days. But this culture is spreading here too. It is amazing that now we in India too, consider all the family members eating together as a big event !
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