The role of the parents is to give birth — to not only give the body, but also then unburden the child of the body. When parents operate through their conditioned patterns, those kids turn violent, loveless, and insecure when they become adults. Your relationship with the kid cannot change till you continue to be what you are.
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Questioner: Sir, what should be the right role of parents in the life of a child?
Acharya Prashant: The role of the father and mother is to give birth. Really to give birth not just physically. Physically it is very easy — hormonal, chemical, simply biology, really to give birth.
Questioner: In which many fail.
Acharya Prashant: Hardly anybody succeeds.
To be a father or mother is not something physical, it is not about having sex, getting impregnated, bearing a baby and nursing it. It is about not only giving a body but also taking the kid to That which is beyond the body. That’s the role of parents — to not only give the body but also then unburden the child of the body.
