Modern
parents often don’t realize the importance of their parents to their children.
It is generally because they mostly have to be busy.
Most of the modern families consist of a father, a mother and children (usually two). The concept of grandparents seems to be vanishing from the family scene. This has been a reason for ever-increasing corruption in social and moral values and rapidly growing emotional problems in children. A modern (unitary) family cannot often provide enough care and attention to their children as they are busy.
In traditional eastern families, grandparents are still highly valued. They are often taken as the source of knowledge and home skills. They are respected as the most important members of the family, and they are expected to provide the younger generation with blessings and security. But, modern culture is increasingly penetrating these traditional values and the young boys or girls have started ignoring their elders. But, as a modern parent, you must always put your efforts into creating opportunities for your children to be in touch with their grandparents. Your parents (your children’s grandparents) are your past and your children are your future. To make your future better, you must let them learn from your past.
Keeping your children in touch with their grandparents is your investment for the future. Nobody can teach the children social, moral and personal values as effectively as their grandparents can. Most of the children feel more comfortable with their grandparents than with parents. The children enjoy learning the values with their grandparents.
Grandparents have an important role to maintain the family bond. In today’s world, many families break up because of the lack of mutual understanding between the husband and the wife. But, grandparents can be a bridge for the other members in the family. Since they are the most experienced people, they can practically handle the crises that emerge. Grandparents often tell interesting stories and anecdotes that provide the children with a basis to think and imagine. It helps in mental growth.
Both grandparents and grandchildren get emotional support from each other if they have a good relationship. The grandparents do not feel lonely and bored in their daily life, and the grandchildren do not feel they have nobody to love. The grandparents have high value in a family usually when parents are extremely busy and can give only a little time to their children. The children learn to respect the elders in the family. They see their parents showing respect to their grandparents and learn to do the same in the future. You reap what you sow.
Published in The Kathmandu Post on 2013-10-01Most of the modern families consist of a father, a mother and children (usually two). The concept of grandparents seems to be vanishing from the family scene. This has been a reason for ever-increasing corruption in social and moral values and rapidly growing emotional problems in children. A modern (unitary) family cannot often provide enough care and attention to their children as they are busy.
In traditional eastern families, grandparents are still highly valued. They are often taken as the source of knowledge and home skills. They are respected as the most important members of the family, and they are expected to provide the younger generation with blessings and security. But, modern culture is increasingly penetrating these traditional values and the young boys or girls have started ignoring their elders. But, as a modern parent, you must always put your efforts into creating opportunities for your children to be in touch with their grandparents. Your parents (your children’s grandparents) are your past and your children are your future. To make your future better, you must let them learn from your past.
Keeping your children in touch with their grandparents is your investment for the future. Nobody can teach the children social, moral and personal values as effectively as their grandparents can. Most of the children feel more comfortable with their grandparents than with parents. The children enjoy learning the values with their grandparents.
Grandparents have an important role to maintain the family bond. In today’s world, many families break up because of the lack of mutual understanding between the husband and the wife. But, grandparents can be a bridge for the other members in the family. Since they are the most experienced people, they can practically handle the crises that emerge. Grandparents often tell interesting stories and anecdotes that provide the children with a basis to think and imagine. It helps in mental growth.
Both grandparents and grandchildren get emotional support from each other if they have a good relationship. The grandparents do not feel lonely and bored in their daily life, and the grandchildren do not feel they have nobody to love. The grandparents have high value in a family usually when parents are extremely busy and can give only a little time to their children. The children learn to respect the elders in the family. They see their parents showing respect to their grandparents and learn to do the same in the future. You reap what you sow.
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