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children in the wombs for the sake of their pleasures. Such women are not fit to be mothers. In fact, animals are better than such women because they do not commit that sin of killing their children in the womb.
WHY DO NOT CHILDREN RESPECT AND WORSHIP THEIR PARENTS ?
Some parents give birth to children but they do not take care of them and bring them up properly. Both may be employed; both may be engaged in some business or occupations or they may like to enjoy pleasures and indulge their fancies. Such parents consider that their children are an impediment in their way. Therefore, they leave their children in what are called "Baby-sitting homes", where hired women take care of those children. Such children cannot even see their parents. When that is so how can they get their love and affection ? The children who do not suckle their mother's milk and who do not get the affection of their father and who do not get culture and noble ideals from their parents will never adore and worship their parents. When such children grow up there appears in their hearts contempt and abhorrence for their parents. What a great loss is this to the individual, to the society and to the nation! You can realize this only if you think of this calmly.
PARENTS MUST MAKE THEIR PERSONALITIES VIRTUOUS AND NOBLE
Do parents realize their duties and responsibilities towards their children ? If parents want to be honoured by their children; and if they want to be worshipped by their children, they must do their duties to their children. In order to carry out their duties, they must possess the virtues of tolerance, affection, generosity and seriousness. Those who do not possess the virtue of tolerance, cannot carry out their duties towards their children. Those who do not possess the virtue of affection cannot attain the fruit of dutifulness. Those who do not possess the virtue of generosity cannot attain happiness even if they do their duty towards their children. Those who do not possess
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