MAKING CORRECTIONS

 MAKING   CORRECTIONS

 Even as life is a game of chances, it is also full of scope for errors. Unfortunately, everything cannot be learned by ‘trial and error’. Certain trials are better ‘not run’, as escaping to safety at a later point may prove more complicated.

For instance, bad company and bad temptations –gambling, drinks and drugs are easy to come by; extricating from those is a task by itself. The society is a place of mixed facilities. Divine grace is perhaps the most needed through our life to desist temptations. Children who are not under the watchful eyes of affectionate parents run greater risks of getting drawn into minor temptations which may potentially amplify to disastrous scales.

Children are receptive and quick to grasp. So, the elders ought to observe discipline in what they themselves do at home. It includes language, food, drinks, smoking and entertainment –cinemas, TVs and the like. Practising is a better alternative to preaching. Parents need to stay moralistic, to advise children on values /healthy practices. 

Obviously, corrections have to be made in life at every stage. For this, the first available opportunity must be properly utilized. As and when some ‘wrong’ is spotted in any member of the family, ‘educate’ the individual as to how it is wrong and suggest a better alternative- no matter at which age the error is spotted.

 If this code is uniformly observed in the family, children get to be analytic and slowly recognize ‘the value system’ which holds the key to the styles of living. With such a domestic arrangement in place, children understand what and what not to do.

 There are bound to be minor slips as children grow; make tender corrections by cautious advice instead of injurious reprimand. Advices work slow but make a lasting impact, if the preacher truly practises them.

Suggestions are best received if they are simple and brief, hence this brevity.