The moment your kid crosses four or five, the right kind of literature should be brought to him or her. If they can't read, then in the beginning, just through oral instruction. And later on, books can be given. So that too is very important. A well-read kid will not fall prey to easy temptations or all kinds of griefs.
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Questioner: Namaste sir. My question is again kind of related in the context of suffering. You just said that tension shouldn't percolate beyond a point. And here I am, in the United States — I live in Virginia — and here I see many kids, teenagers, 12-year, 13-year, 15-year-olds. They have anxiety issues, and I see them popping anti-anxiety pills like anything. Even the doctors they have consulted prescribe these pills openly.
Now, I understand that mental health is a spectrum, and there are different kinds of help that a person might need — therapy or medication. But here I see that problem as growing by leaps and bounds. Like, even because of work stress, I consult a therapist — the first thing that they would say is, “Yeah, pop a pill. Take this pill, take that pill. It’ll help you sleep well.”
So now these kids do that because their suffering feels very real to them. So how would you even begin to explain to such kids that, you know, it's not real, and they have a point within them that's untouched, when they're clearly not in the state to... they feel that they can't go on without these pills?
So, I just wanted to understand if we can help such people, and there's a growing number here.
