I saw a poster the other day with a beautiful thought.
So apt.. It got me thinking, we always talk about how we need to be conscious of our surrounding to pass it on to the generations to come. But have we ever thought about how are we making the genext conscious of their surrounding?
A lot of parents nowadays in their own small ways give plant saplings as return gifts on their little ones birthday. How inspiring!
We should as individuals and parents make the child aware
1. Do not leave the tap on while brushing ur teeth. All that good usable water is just getting drained and landing up in the gutter.
2. Turn off lights and fans when you leave the room. If you can get up to get ur piece of chocolate bar from the fridge you can easily walk a few steps to turn off the switches.
And many more. I don't want to ramble on and sound like a righteous priest but guess its crucial to teach our children the value of things like
- praying everyday before you sleep and once you get up in the morning. How many of us actually make them do that.
- valuing your books - ensuring they don't have dog earmarks,
- toys - not tearing the cardboard box edges... I remember my father used to freak if any of the toy boxes got damaged.. it just went on to show how we didn't value what we have, etc etc
Let's consciously decide to make our young buds understand the value of their world and the little little things that we were made to realize as we were growing up.
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So apt.. It got me thinking, we always talk about how we need to be conscious of our surrounding to pass it on to the generations to come. But have we ever thought about how are we making the genext conscious of their surrounding?
A lot of parents nowadays in their own small ways give plant saplings as return gifts on their little ones birthday. How inspiring!
We should as individuals and parents make the child aware
1. Do not leave the tap on while brushing ur teeth. All that good usable water is just getting drained and landing up in the gutter.
2. Turn off lights and fans when you leave the room. If you can get up to get ur piece of chocolate bar from the fridge you can easily walk a few steps to turn off the switches.
And many more. I don't want to ramble on and sound like a righteous priest but guess its crucial to teach our children the value of things like
- praying everyday before you sleep and once you get up in the morning. How many of us actually make them do that.
- valuing your books - ensuring they don't have dog earmarks,
- toys - not tearing the cardboard box edges... I remember my father used to freak if any of the toy boxes got damaged.. it just went on to show how we didn't value what we have, etc etc
Let's consciously decide to make our young buds understand the value of their world and the little little things that we were made to realize as we were growing up.
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