In English
PARENTS today tend to lavish too much affection on their children. But such affection alone is not enough. There should be control also over the children. There should be both "love" and "law". Only when both love and restraint are present will the love prove beneficial. For all the evil habits of children, who are naturally innocent and uninformed, the parents are primarily responsible. They do not make any efforts to teach proper ways of behaviour to the children. They pamper the children by giving them money freely. They want their boys to become high officers, to earn large incomes, acquire wealth and lead a life of comfort and ease. But they do not consider for a moment how they should make the children realise the need to develop good qualities. It is up to parents to teach the children to cultivate right attitudes and moral qualities. To encourage them merely to get on in life is not proper. Parents should feel happy only when they see their sons leading blameless lives, acquiring a good name and behaving properly. To rejoice merely at the birth of a son is foolish. had a hundred sons, the . He knew very well that they were a wicked lot, pursuing bad ways. He knew also that his brother's sons, the , were wedded to (righteousness) and that the were inflicting many indignities and injuries on the . Although told several times that, out of his misplaced affection for his sons, he should not allow the latter to persecute the , the doting father did not heed 's advice. Consequently, he got involved in many sinful actions.