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By K. Abdassalam
The innocence of a babe cannot be clearly put into words. The air of them is something exceptional and beautiful, but then what happens? Then they grow into us - adults that are lost in this jungle of a world. They’re lost. Some spend time trying to find themselves while the rest decide that it’s not important. They all understand that death will reach us all, but some of them decide to fix themselves up in preparation for it and the others decide to wait for it to fix things for them.
As parents, these changes are right before our eyes. We look at our children remembering the innocence of their infancy and wonder when they changed. They must have changed when we were too busy working two jobs trying to have enough money to buy them the things we didn’t have as children, or maybe when we decided our careers were more important than anything else. Fortunately, there are some parents who can tell you when they’ve seen these changes occur because they’ve been at their children’s side all the while. Like a boxer in a ring, the parent stands at a corner as the coach cheering and guiding. Don’t most children learn from their coaches? A coach teaches, do parents? Of course! But teachers don’t always teach what the students need to learn and neither do parents.
Now you have your children, and you know you need to teach them something but you’re not too sure that you know it yourself. You don’t even know if you know what to teach them. You think to yourself, “First, I’ll teach them the things that my parents taught me and that I’m really good at. I’ll at least teach them to appreciate those things.” What else? “Hmm…well, I’ll teach them about the things I love, maybe they’ll love it too.” Is that all? “I guess I’ll also teach them the things I wished someone taught me.”
Embrace your children and decide that you’ll sacrifice anything necessary to raise them as decent, knowledgeable people. Again, the problem arises that you yourself don’t know what makes up a “decent, knowledgeable” person. Start at the beginning. Analyze yourself.
First, what is the purpose of my life?
Second, why is that the purpose of my life?
Third, what will make my life worth something?
Fourth, am I truly happy with my life and the way I live it?
Fifth, what am I missing in my life?
Sixth, how can I improve my life to satisfy my soul?
When you answer these questions, you’re well on your way to understanding what to teach your newborn. Remember, even if you don’t know the knowledge you wish you knew, someone else does. Just because you don’t have it and can’t teach your children, it doesn’t mean you can’t find someone who can.
It is not acceptable to live in ignorance and it’s not acceptable for you to not make full use of the learning capabilities of your young child. Don’t wait for them to grow up and say, “I wish I learnt this important thing. I guess I’ll have to do it now.” Instead, raise your children with the thought, “I’ll teach them as much as I can while they’re young and can absorb more. When they get old enough they can build on these important concepts.” Perhaps the exact concepts that you’re still struggling to learn because your foundation isn’t as strong as it could have been.
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