HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHORITY FIGURE FOR YOUR CHILD?

Respect for parents will naturally follow when parents radiate strength and wisdom. In turn, children will feel secure. If parents act like children in adult bodies, what guidance or authority can adolescents look to? Inevitably, they will seek these elsewhere.

Ideally, children should be involved in sports and engage in spiritual practices. It’s important to talk to the child, identify what truly interests them, and nurture that interest by supporting them in pursuing it. Don’t dismiss their passions by saying that it’s nonsense and instructing them to focus on what you say. Seeing their father as a friend, they will be more willing to follow him. Along the way, it will be easier to find common ground or even redirect the child’s focus if necessary. But the first step is to walk alongside them.

Imram

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