Letters To The Editor- Training our children

Training our children

Our children today are burdened with heavy study material, and at the same time we thrust negative things on them, about their future, career, etc. The media, specially the social media, augments such not so positive thoughts and emotions. Our children also have become physically weak. The situation is quite alarming. Unless the society and parents take notice, and act proactively, our children may have bleak future as far as their lifestyles are concerned. True, there would a few brilliant ones who would make their impression, but others would fall apart.

Parents and guardians must take special care about their wards so that right upbringing is taught and children are encouraged to think positively and be active physically. The main focus of education has to be about inculcating habits of good human beings and good citizens. We must teach our children about values of life, our environment, respect for other human lives and the poor, etc. Our country has to bring the best practices of education in Finland, Norway, Singapore, Japan, etc. For school going children, parents are immensely dependent on the schools and teachers about their education and thought process. The reality is that the primary training for being good humans and citizens has to be complemented by schools and homes.

If India is to become a great nation, it has to invest in its children to make them great.

A Bhuyan,

Nagaon.