Some more practical advice from the Mother on how to raise a child To wake a sleeping child, one should not call him loudly by his name or touch his [ … ]
Tag: The Mother
Why should parents never scold a child?
Q: Why should parents never scold a child? “…ninety per cent of parents snub a child who comes spontaneously to confess a mistake: “You are very naughty. Go away, I [ … ]
Reading materials for the children
Q: What kind of reading materials should be selected for our children? “In unformed minds what they read sinks in without any regard to its value and imprints itself as [ … ]
Teaching our children how to live in the right way
Q: Are we teaching our children how to live in the right way? “To live in the right way is a very difficult art, and unless one begins to learn [ … ]
The best way to be with the little children
Q: What is the best way to be with the little children? “Little children are wonderful. It is quite enough to surround them with things and to let them be. [ … ]
Right balance between freedom and discipline
Q: What is the right balance between freedom and discipline for children’s growth? “There are all kinds of different and even opposite theories. Some people say, “Children must be left [ … ]
Answering a child’s questions
Q: How should we answer a child’s questions? “When your child asks you a question, do not give him a stupid or silly answer under the pretext that he cannot [ … ]
Choosing of parents by the Souls
Q: When great souls want to be born upon earth, do they choose their parents? The Mother: Ah! that depends on their state of consciousness, it depends on the state of [ … ]
The state of consciousness of the parents
Birth of the Soul “Even as the state of consciousness of the last moments of life is of capital importance for the future of the one who is departing, so [ … ]
Nature of Human Love
Human love, says the Mother, “is not a need of the soul, but rather a concession it makes for a time to the ego.” (CWM, Vol. 14, p. 120). This [ … ]