Sunday, June 18, 2023

Parenting tips

Any parent of multiple young children knows the daily reality of children's constant fights, disagreements, and clashes. 

Personally, my five boys almost never stop squabbling! They love each other and play together, but they also fight like cats and dogs. 😅

One of my primary parenting roles, therefore, is the judge who settles disputes. 

One rule I have for myself is a parent who is constantly having to referee fights and arguments between my children is this: 

Hear out both sides first. 

Never give out a verdict before listening to both parties, no matter how open-and-shut the case may initially look. 

Usually, what happens is I'll be washing the dishes or cooking dinner or changing the baby's diaper, when one of my children comes running to me, crying. He will start complaining and whining to me about one of his siblings: "Mama, he hit/ kicked/ hurt me!" 

In the past, if I was tired, stressed, or in a hurry, my instinct, for one second, used to be to just take the initial complaint at face value, and just yell quickly, "[Accused child's name here], stop hitting your brother!"

But I learned years ago that a parent should never do this. 

This is the easier of the two routes you can take as a parent. 

Route 1: One child lodges a complaint against another. You as the parent are tired, sleep-deprived, hungry, annoyed, busy, overwhelmed, late for something, and/ or are in a rush. You take this accusation as the truth, and respond accordingly by yelling at or punishing the accused child. 

Route 2: One child lodges a complaint against another. You as the parent, despite your tiredness, headache, hunger, busy-ness, etc, calmly hear out the first child. Then you call the second child to you, and calmly ask him what happened. As the second child tells you his version of the same event, you calmly hear out his side of things. You then ask any follow-up questions if you need to clarify, call witnesses (other children not directly involved in the fight), ascertain the truth, and then use your judgment to come to a decision if one or both parties are in the wrong and if there needs to be punishment or consequences. 

Route 2 is clearly the harder path. 

But it's the path of justice and fairness. 

My children are still young, but already in this short time of a decade, there have been many times in which the first child was crying so hysterically or whose complaint sounded so sad and convincing that I would be tempted to just issue my judgment right away. 

Especially if there is raw evidence to corroborate the first child's story: a red mark, a darkening bruise, a quickly-swelling bump on the head, or scratch marks. 

It's so sad for us as parents to see that, plus we are so busy and tired, that it's tempting to mete out punishment before launching a full investigation. 

But whenever I'd stop myself from jumping to conclusions and force myself to slow down enough to hear out both sides, I have always been so relieved I did. 

Because usually, there is a much longer backstory. There is a second version of reality that is equally compelling. There is usually another child who has been wronged too. 

Sometimes the accused child is actually the injured party, while the child who came running to complain was actually the instigator or initial aggressor. 

Or sometimes, both sides are equally at fault. And punishing only the accused child would be unjust. 

What is even more dangerous about this is that it may eventually become a pattern within the family, continuing into the children's adulthood. An entrenched dysfunctional dynamic. 

One child learns to tattle to the parent, the parent learns to reflexively take that child's word as the full truth without checking, and the other child gets punished unjustly without getting the benefit of stating their side of things. 

The first child, the tattler, gets used to having their way just by virtue of being the first to run crying to the parent, learning the utility of the adage, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." And the second child grows disillusioned by the chronic one-sidedness, learning to shut down their own emotions or to give up on getting any justice. 

And this is a very unhealthy dynamic of injustice. 

Everything starts in childhood. 

And it starts with you, the parent. You are the mature adult. You are responsible for justice, regardless of your state or the lateness of the hour or other circumstances. 

Don't just take the path of least resistance and simply believe whoever comes to you first, or whoever is crying louder. 

This reminds me of the old story of a man who came to a judge with one eye gouged out, accusing another man of having taken out his eye. The proof was right there for all to see in all its horrible, bloody glory. 

But the judge was wise enough to call the accused man to the court to hear him out first, before issuing an immediate punishment. 

When the accused man walked in to stand in court, he had *both* eyes gouged out! 
 
Allah says,

ØĨِŲ†َّ ŲąŲ„Ų„َّŲ‡َ ؊َØŖْŲ…ُØąُ؃ُŲ…ْ ØŖَŲ† ØĒُؤَدُّŲˆØ§۟ ŲąŲ„ْØŖَŲ…َŲ€ٰŲ†َŲ€ٰØĒِ ØĨِŲ„َŲ‰ٰٓ ØŖَŲ‡ْŲ„ِŲ‡َا ؈َØĨِذَا Ø­َ؃َŲ…ْØĒُŲ… بَ؊ْŲ†َ ŲąŲ„Ų†َّØ§Øŗِ ØŖَŲ† ØĒَØ­ْ؃ُŲ…ُŲˆØ§۟ بِŲąŲ„ْØšَدْŲ„ِ ۚ ØĨِŲ†َّ ŲąŲ„Ų„َّŲ‡َ Ų†ِØšِŲ…َّا ؊َØšِظُ؃ُŲ… بِŲ‡ِÛĻٓ ۗ ØĨِŲ†َّ ŲąŲ„Ų„َّŲ‡َ ؃َØ§Ų†َ ØŗَŲ…ِŲŠØšًۢا بَØĩِŲŠØąًۭا 

"Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due, and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allah instructs you. Indeed, Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing." (Surat An-Nisa, 58)

Justice involves wisdom, patience, and doing due diligence to find out the whole truth. 

And this is our job as parents of children, between whom fighting is normal. 

Through our measured, calm, mature approach, we not only settle daily childhood disputes, but we also instill within our children an understanding of justice from a young age.


- Umm Khalid 

āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻ“ āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āĻŦিāϝ়ে

ā§§ āĻĻāĻļāĻ• āφāĻ—ে āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āχāϜিāĻĒāĻļি⧟াāύ āĻŽাāĻ“āϞাāύা āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒ্āϰāϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āφāĻŽাāĻ•ে āϜাāύি⧟েāĻ›িāϞেāύ, āχāϏāϞাāĻŽে āĻ›েāϞে-āĻŽে⧟েāĻĻেāϰ āϝে āĻ…āϞ্āĻĒ āĻŦ⧟āϏে āĻŦি⧟ে āĻĻি⧟ে āĻĻিāϤে āϰিāĻ•āĻŽেāύ্āĻĄ āĻ•āϰা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে, āϤাāϰ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϏাāĻŽাāϜিāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ•াāϰিāϤাāĻ“ āφāĻ›ে। 

āϤাāϰ āĻ­েāϤāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে, āϏāύ্āϤাāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা⧟েāϰ āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻŦিāϧা⧟ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŽāύোāĻŽাāϞিāύ্āϝ āĻŦা āĻ­ুāϞ āĻŦোāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻŦāĻšুāϞাংāĻļে āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĨাāĻ•ে। 

āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻĻিāύ āφāĻ—ে āĻĢেāϏāĻŦুāĻ•āϜু⧜ে āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĄ āĻĒ্āϝাāϰেāύ্āϟিং-āĻ—ুāĻĄ āĻĒ্āϝাāϰেāύ্āϟিং āύি⧟ে āϰীāϤিāĻŽāϤ āĻā§œ āĻŦ⧟ে āĻ—েāϞো। āφāĻŽি āωāϭ⧟ āĻĒāĻ•্āώেāϰ āĻŦāĻ•্āϤāĻŦāχ āĻ•্āϞোāϜāϞি āĻĒ⧜েāĻ›ি।

āωāϭ⧟ āĻĒāĻ•্āώেāϰ āϝুāĻ•্āϤি/āĻ…āĻ­িāϝোāĻ—āχ āĻŦেāĻļ āϜোāϰাāϞো, āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻ•োāύāχ āϜো āύেāχ।

āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻšāϞো, āĻŦাāĻĻী-āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻĻী āωāϭ⧟ āĻĒāĻ•্āώেāϰ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝোāĻ—āχ āϝāĻĻি āϜোāϰাāϞো āĻšā§Ÿ, āϤāĻŦে āĻ•োāύ āϏāĻ িāĻ• āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύে āωāĻĒāύীāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϟা āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϏাāĻĒেāĻ•্āώ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻĻাঁ⧜া⧟। 

āĻāĻ–াāύেāĻ“ āϤাāχ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে। āωāϭ⧟āχ āωāϭ⧟ āĻĒāĻ•্āώāĻ•ে āĻĻোāώাāϰোāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻ›ে, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ•েāω āĻ•োāύ āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύে āφāϏāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻ›ে āύা। 

āĻāχ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āĻ—ো⧜াঁāϤে āύāϜāϰ āĻĻে⧟া āωāϚিāϤ āĻŦāϞে āĻŽāύে āĻ•āϰি।

āφāĻŽেāϰিāĻ•াāύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āĻŽāύোāĻŦিāĻĻ āĻ“ āϏোāĻļāϞāϜিāώ্āϟ āĻŦāϞেāĻ›িāϞেāύ, āĻāĻ–āύāĻ•াāϰ āϝুāĻ—ে āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦাāĻŦāĻ• āφāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽাāĻে āϝে āĻ•্āϰāĻŽāĻŦা⧜āύ্āϤ āĻĻুāϰāϤ্āĻŦ āϏৃāϏ্āϟি āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে, āϤাāϰ āĻŽূāϞ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ। āϤিāύি āĻ āύি⧟ে āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖাāĻ“ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›েāύ।

āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒেāϰ āϏংāϜ্āĻžা āĻ•ি? 

āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāύ্āϤাāύেāϰ āϏাāχāĻ•োāϞāϜিāĻ•্āϝাāϞ āĻāĻŦং āχāĻŽোāĻļāύাāϞ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒāϟাāĻ•েāχ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨা⧟ āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻŦāϞে।

āĻŽাāĻ“āϞাāύাāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻļুāύাāϰ āĻĒāϰে āφāĻŽি āĻ­েāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻ–āϞাāĻŽ, āĻāĻ–াāύāĻ•াāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা⧟েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāύ্āϤাāύেāϰ āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻŽুāϟাāĻŽুāϟি āφāĻ•াāĻļāϚুāĻŽ্āĻŦি। āĻāĻ–āύāĻ•াāϰ āĻ—ā§œāĻĒ⧜āϤা āύাāϰীāϰা ⧍ā§Ģ-ā§¨ā§Ž āĻ āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•āϰāĻ›েāύ। āĻ›েāϞেāϰা āĻ•āϰāĻ›েāύ āφāϰো āĻĻেāϰীāϤে। 

āϤো āφāĻŽি āĻ—ā§œে ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰāĻ“ āϝāĻĻি āϧāϰি, āϤāĻŦে āĻāĻ–āύāĻ•াāϰ āϏāĻĻ্āϝ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻĻāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤিāĻ—ুāϞোāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻšāĻŦে āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒāĻ•্āώে ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰেāϰ। (āϝāĻĻি āĻāϟা āϧāϰে āύিāχ āϝে, āϤাāϰা āĻŦি⧟েāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āĻĒ্āϝাāϰেāύ্āϟāϏ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›েāύ। āϝাāϰা āĻĻেāϰী āĻ•āϰে āĻŦেāĻŦী āύেāύ, āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āϤো āĻŦাāĻĻāχ āĻĻিāϞাāĻŽ, āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āϤো āφāϰো āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻŦেāĻļী!)

ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰেāϰ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒāϟা āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦেāĻļ āφāĻļংāĻ•াāϜāύāĻ•। āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŦাāϰো āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϝāĻĻি āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻŦāĻĻāϞা⧟, āϤāĻŦে ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻĒ্āϰা⧟ āĻ†ā§œাāχ āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύেāϰ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ! 

āĻāχ āϞāĻŽ্āĻŦা āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒে āϏāύ্āϤাāύāϰা āϝেāĻŽāύ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āĻ•ে āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻŦ্āϝāϰ্āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦে, āϤেāĻŽāύি āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাāϰ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰেāĻ“ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻ•ে āύা āĻŦুāĻাāϟা āĻ–ুāĻŦāχ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ•।

āφāϰ āĻāχ āύা āĻŦোāĻা āĻĨেāĻ•ে, āĻ•িংāĻŦা āĻ­ুāϞ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āĻļুāϰু āĻšā§Ÿ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ• āĻŽāύোāĻŽাāϞিāύ্āϝ, āĻ…āĻ­িāϝোāĻ— āĻĻা⧟েāϰ, āĻĒাāϰিāĻŦাāϰিāĻ• āϰেāώাāϰেāώি āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি।
 
āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻŦেāĻļী āĻĨাāĻ•াāϟা āĻļুāϧু āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āύা, āϝে āĻ•োāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•েāϰ āĻ­েāϤāϰāχ āĻ­্āϝাāϞু, āϰেāϏāĻĒেāĻ•্āϟ, āĻāϟিāϚিāωāĻĄ, āĻĒ্āϰা⧟োāϰিāϟি, āĻŽাāχāύ্āĻĄ āϏেāϟাāĻĒ āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻিāϤে āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ–āϝোāĻ—্āϝ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āĻ—ā§œে āĻĻে⧟। āĻāĻ•āϟা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•েāϰ āĻ­েāϤāϰ āĻāϤ āϧāϰāύেāϰ āĻĒাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে āϏেāχ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ• āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻļীāĻĻিāύ āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻĨাāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āύ⧟। 

āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•ি āϏিāĻŦāϞিং⧟েāϰ āĻ­েāϤāϰোāĻ“ ⧧⧍ āĻŦāĻ›āϰেāϰ āĻŦেāĻļী āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻ•āϞে āύাāύা āϧāϰāύেāϰ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻĻে⧟।

āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ upbringings āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা⧟েāϰ upbringings āĻāϰ āĻ•োāύāχ āĻŽিāϞ āύেāχ। āφāĻŦাāϰ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ upbringings āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻļী āĻŽিāϞ āĻĨাāĻ•āĻŦে āύা, āĻĨাāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āĻĨাāĻ“ āύা। 

āĻ›োāϟ্āϟ āĻāĻ•āϟা āωāĻĻাāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻেāχ, āφāĻŽি āĻ•āĻŽ্āĻĒিāωāϟাāϰ āĻĒে⧟েāĻ›ি āĻ•্āϞাāϏ āϟেāύে āĻĒ⧜াāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ, āĻŽোāĻŦাāχāϞ āĻšাāϤে āĻĒে⧟েāĻ›ি āĻŦ্āϝাāϚেāϞāϰ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ।

āĻ…āĻĨāϚ āφāĻŽাāϰ ā§Š āĻŦāĻ›āϰেāϰ āĻ•াāϜিāύ āĻ“āϰ āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽোāĻŦাāχāϞ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϭ⧟েāϏ āĻĻি⧟ে āχāωāϟিāωāĻŦে āϏাāϰ্āϚ āĻ•āϰে āĻ•াāϰ্āϟুāύ āĻŦেāϰ āĻ•āϰে āĻĻেāĻ–ে।

āĻļুāϧু āϟেāύāĻ•োāύāϞāϜিāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•āϟা āϧāϰāϞেāχ āφāĻ•াāĻļ-āĻĒাāϤাāϞ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϧাāύ āϚোāĻ–ে āĻĒ⧜āĻŦে, āĻŦাāĻ•ীāĻ—ুāϞো āϤো āĻŦাāĻĻāχ āĻĻিāϞাāĻŽ। 

āϏাāϧাāϰāύāϤ āĻŽা⧟েāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻāϤ āϘāύিāώ্āĻ āϤা āĻ•েāύ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āϜাāύেāύ? 

āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻŽা⧟েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻŦāĻ•āύ্āϟিāύেāύ্āϟেāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻ•āĻŽ। 

āϏাāϧাāϰāύāϤ āĻŦাāĻŦাāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻāϤ āĻĻুāϰāϤ্āĻŦ āĻ•েāύ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āϜাāύেāύ?

āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻŦাāĻŦাāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻŦāĻ•āύ্āϟিāύেāύ্āϟেāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻŦেāĻļী। 

āĻ­াāϰāϤী⧟ āωāĻĒāĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻŦেāĻļীāϰāĻ­াāĻ— āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒিāϤাāĻ•ে āĻŦাāϘেāϰ āĻŽāϤ āϭ⧟ āĻĒা⧟। āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ“ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒিāϤৃāĻĒুāϰুāώāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽোāϟো āĻ›িāϞ - ”āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻ•ে āϰাāĻ–āĻŦো āφāĻŽāϰা āĻŽাāχāϰ āĻĒিāϟে।” āĻŽাāχāϰেāϰ āωāĻĒ্āϰে āĻ“āώুāϧ āύাāχ, āĻāχ āφāĻĒ্āϤāĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āϤাāϰা āĻŽāύে āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤো। 

āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻŽাāϰ āĻ–ে⧟ে āĻŽা⧟েāϰ āφāϚঁāϞে āĻŽুāĻ– āϞুāĻ•ি⧟ে āĻ•াāĻĻাঁ āϏāύ্āϤাāύেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϏংāĻ–্āϝাāύ āĻ•āϰāϞে āϏেāϟা āĻ•োāϟিāϰ āϘāϰ āĻ›া⧜ি⧟ে āϝাāĻŦে!

āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āĻŽāύোāĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύীāϰা āĻŦāϞāĻ›েāύ, āĻāχ āĻŽাāϰāϧāϰ āĻ•āϰে āφāϰ āϝাāχ āĻšোāĻ• āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻ•ে āĻŽাāύুāώ āĻ•āϰা āϝা⧟ āύা। āϤাāχ āύāϤুāύ āĻĒ্āϰāϜāύ্āĻŽেāϰ āĻ‡ā§Ÿাং āĻĒ্āϝাāϰেāύ্āϟāϏāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦেāĻļীāϰāĻ­াāĻ—āχ āĻāχ āφāĻĒ্āϤāĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏāϰে āĻāϏেāĻ›েāύ। āϤাāĻĻেāϰāĻ•ে āϏাāϧুāĻŦাāĻĻ। (āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻŦ āĻĻুāώ্āϟুāĻŽāϤি āĻļিāĻļুāĻĻেāϰ āĻĻেāĻ–ি, āĻŽāύে āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻĻেāϰāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•āϟু āφāϧāϟু āĻŽাāχāϰ āύা āĻĻিāϞেāχ āĻŦুāĻি āĻŦāĻ–ে āϝাāĻŦে! 😛 )  

āĻāχ āωāĻĒāĻŽāĻšাāĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻ•āύāϜাāϰāĻ­েāϟিāĻ­ āĻĢ্āϝাāĻŽিāϞিāĻ—ুāϞোāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāĻ•āϟাāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āĻ ্āϝ, āĻ…āϤ্āϝāϧিāĻ• āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ• āĻ“ āĻļাāϰীāϰিāĻ• āĻļাāϏāύ। āĻāĻ—ুāϞো āĻŽাāĻĨা⧟ āύি⧟েāχ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦ⧜ āĻšāϤে āĻšā§Ÿ। 

āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰāĻ“ āĻŦোāĻা āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰ, āĻāχ āϏāĻŦ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা⧟েāϰা āĻĒ্āϰāϚāύ্āĻĄ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ• āĻ“ āϏাāĻŽাāϜিāĻ• āϚাāĻĒেāϰ āĻ­েāϤāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύ āĻŦ⧜ āĻ•āϰেāύ। āϝে āϚাāĻĒ āϏাāĻŽāϞাāϤে āĻ—ি⧟ে āϤাāϰা āύিāϜেāϰাāχ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻĻেāϰ āϤāϤোāϧিāĻ• āϚাāĻĒে āĻĢেāϞে āĻĻেāύ। āĻ…āĻĨāϚ āĻŦিāώ⧟āϟাāĻ•ে āϚাāχāϞেāχ āφāϰো āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•াāϰāĻ­াāĻŦে āϏুāϰাāĻšা āĻ•āϰা āϝেāϤো। āĻ­াāϰāϤে āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϞāϟে āĻ…āύেāĻ• āϏিāύেāĻŽাāĻ“ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে āϝāϤāĻĻূāϰ āϜাāύি।

āĻšā§ŸāϤো āĻ­াāĻŦāϤেāĻ›েāύ, āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ। 

āύোāĻĒ। 

āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা āϝāϤāχ āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ āĻšোāĻ• āύা āĻ•েāύ, āϏāύ্āϤাāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϤাāϰ āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻĨাāĻ•āĻŦেāχ, āϤāĻŦে āĻš্āϝাঁ, āϏāϤ্āϝিāĻ•াāϰ āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽা⧟েāϰা āĻšā§ŸāϤো āĻāχ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒāϟাāĻ•ে āύি⧟āύ্āϤ্āϰāύ āĻ•āϰে āĻĢেāϞāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻŦেāύ āĻ…āύেāĻ• āϏ্āϟ্āϰাāĻ—āϞ āĻ•āϰে, āĻ…āύেāĻ• āϧৈāϰ্āϝ্āϝ āϧāϰে। āĻŦাāĻ•ীāϰা āϏেāϟাāĻ“ āĻĒাāϰāĻŦেāύ āύা।

āϝা āĻšোāĻ•, āĻāϤ āĻŦিāϤং āĻ•āϰে āĻāϤ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞাāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϞো, āĻāχ āĻŦিāώাāĻ•্āϤ āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ-āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ āĻĻূāϰ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻŽাāϜিāĻ• āĻŽāύāύে āĻāϰ āύেāϤিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦেāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•āĻ—ুāϞো āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āĻĒাāĻ•াāĻĒাāĻ•িāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ—েঁāĻĨে āĻĢেāϞāϤে āĻšāĻŦে। 

āĻāĻ›া⧜া āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ āφāϰ āĻ•োāύ āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āύাāχ। 

āϏেāϟা āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āφāχāĻĄি⧟াāϞ āϏāĻŽাāϜ, āϝেāĻĻিāύ āφāύāĻŽ্āϝাāϰেāĻĄ āĻ›েāϞে-āĻŽে⧟েāϰা āĻĻ্āϰāϤ āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•āϰāϤে āϚাāχāĻŦে āĻļুāϧু āĻāχ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে, āϤাāϰা āĻŦāϞāĻŦে - ”āφāĻŽাāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ• āĻĻুāϰāϤ্āĻŦ āϝাāϤে āĻŦেāĻļী āύা āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āĻāχ āϜāύ্āϝāχ āĻāĻ–āύি āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•āϰāĻ›ি।” 

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϜাāϤিāĻ—āϤ āĻ­াāĻŦেāχ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĻূāϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļীāϤা āĻ•āĻŽ। āφāĻŽāϰা āĻļāϰ্āϟ āϟাāϰ্āĻŽ āϏুāĻŦিāϧা āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻ…āĻ­্āϝāϏ্āϤ। āϤা āύা āĻšāϞে āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাāϰাāχ āĻšā§ŸāϤো āĻāϟা āωāĻĒāϞāĻĻ্āϧি āĻ•āϰāϤেāύ āϝে, āϝে āĻ­ুāϞāϟা āφāĻŽāϰা āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ি (āĻĻেāϰীāϤে āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•āϰে āĻŦা āĻĻেāϰীāϤে āĻŦাāϚ্āϚা āύি⧟ে) āϏেāχ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻ­ুāϞ āϝেāύ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύāϰাāĻ“ āύা āĻ•āϰে। 

”āφāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āφāĻŽাāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύেāϰ āϝে āϜেāύাāϰেāĻļāύ āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒ, āϏেāϟা āϝেāύ āφāĻŽাāϰ āύাāϤিāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āφāĻŽাāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύেāϰ āύা āĻĨাāĻ•ে।” (āĻāχ āϟ্āϝাāĻ— āϞাāχāύে āĻĻাāϰুāύ āĻāĻ•āϟা āϟিāĻ­িāϏিāϰ āĻĒ্āϞāϟ āĻŽাāĻĨা⧟ āĻāϏেāĻ›ে!😎 )

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ…āϞāϰেāĻĄি āϝাāϰা āĻŦেāĻļী āĻ—্āϝাāĻĒে āĻŦাāϚ্āϚা āĻĢুāϟি⧟ে āĻĢেāϞেāĻ›েāύ, āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŖী⧟ āĻ•ি?

āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŖী⧟āĻ“ āχāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŽāύোāĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύী āĻ“ āϏāĻŽাāϜāĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύীāϰা āϞিāĻ–ে āĻ—েāĻ›েāύ। āĻŽাāύāϤে āĻĒাāϰāϞে āωāĻĒāĻ•াāϰ āĻĒাāĻŦেāύ, āϏāύ্āϤাāύ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦাāĻŦāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻ­েāϤāϰ āĻĒাāϰāϏ্āĻĒাāϰিāĻ• āĻŦোāĻাāĻĒ⧜া āĻŦা⧜āĻŦে āĻŦৈ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŦে āύা। (āĻ•āĻŽেāύ্āϟে āϞিংāĻ•)।


6 Tips to Fill The Generation Gap Between Parent and Child
By Vaishnavi Nagaraj - Updated: October 16, 2019


In this Article
What Is A Generation Gap?
Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
How to Bridge The Generation Gap Between Parents And Their Children
The ages between parents and their children are often large enough that they experienced their most impressionable years during a different culture than each other. Adolescence is often the time when people are most influenced by society around them and as our world keeps developing and changing, things rarely stay the same, causing generation gaps between parents and their children.

What Is A Generation Gap?
Since time is ever moving forward and change is inevitable, the values, tastes and outlook on life are different with each generation. It is this difference that is called a generation gap. This often causes a lack of communication and understanding between the two generations since their view of the world was coloured by how society functioned during their adolescence.

Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
Here are a few causes of generation gap between parents and child:

1. Lack Of Understanding
Different generations sometimes seem to speak a different language. Due to the changes in society from when parents were growing up, to how it is in the time of their children, even their way of thinking and what they deem to be normal tends to be different.

2. Mistakes Are Rarely Tolerated
Parents often do not tolerate mistakes and tend to tell their children off. Children need to make mistakes to learn and grow in life, but if they only get punished for it, it widens the gap and creates a lack of proper communication.

3. Children Are Expected To Be Replicas
Parents often have dreams for their kids, and a lot of the time tends to force them in that direction without taking into consideration what their child wants.

4. Too Many Comparisons
Comparing children to each other or even to how you were as a child is another reason the gap becomes wide. This often causes them to lose confidence in themselves and can destroy any enthusiasm they may have previously had.

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6 Tips to Fill The Generation Gap Between Parent and Child
By Vaishnavi Nagaraj - Updated: October 16, 2019
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6 Tips to Fill The Generation Gap Between Parent and Child
In this Article
What Is A Generation Gap?
Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
How to Bridge The Generation Gap Between Parents And Their Children
The ages between parents and their children are often large enough that they experienced their most impressionable years during a different culture than each other. Adolescence is often the time when people are most influenced by society around them and as our world keeps developing and changing, things rarely stay the same, causing generation gaps between parents and their children.

What Is A Generation Gap?
Since time is ever moving forward and change is inevitable, the values, tastes and outlook on life are different with each generation. It is this difference that is called a generation gap. This often causes a lack of communication and understanding between the two generations since their view of the world was coloured by how society functioned during their adolescence.

Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
Here are a few causes of generation gap between parents and child:

1. Lack Of Understanding
Different generations sometimes seem to speak a different language. Due to the changes in society from when parents were growing up, to how it is in the time of their children, even their way of thinking and what they deem to be normal tends to be different.

2. Mistakes Are Rarely Tolerated
Parents often do not tolerate mistakes and tend to tell their children off. Children need to make mistakes to learn and grow in life, but if they only get punished for it, it widens the gap and creates a lack of proper communication.

3. Children Are Expected To Be Replicas
Parents often have dreams for their kids, and a lot of the time tends to force them in that direction without taking into consideration what their child wants.

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4. Too Many Comparisons
Comparing children to each other or even to how you were as a child is another reason the gap becomes wide. This often causes them to lose confidence in themselves and can destroy any enthusiasm they may have previously had.

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5. Not Enough Interaction
Due to the responsibilities of being an adult and the stress that comes from work life, parents often find themselves too tired to spend enough time with their kids every day. This causes a lack of communication and interaction that widens the generation gap.

How to Bridge The Generation Gap Between Parents And Their Children
Here are a few tips to help bridge the generation gap between parents and their children:

1. Keep An Open Mind
The way that kids think is different from how parents do. Parents often feel like because they have already been the age their child is currently, that they understand how their child thinks. The truth is, the world and way of life was different then than it is now and their mind-set will be very different and can also be shocking for some parents. This is why keeping an open mind and not assuming that they must be just like you were at their age is very important. You must also understand that there are some things that are acceptable in society and therefore acceptable to your child that may not have been acceptable when you were the same age. It is especially in those areas where parents need to try and keep an open mind so they can better understand their children.



2. Communicate
Making the time to communicate with your kids every day is very important. The simple act of talking about each other’s day at the end of the day can help you get to know each other and make it easier to speak freely around the other. Children need to know they can approach their parents with anything, something that can ultimately give parents peace of mind since they do not need to worry about their children hiding things that are important.

3. Listen
Parents need to allow their kids time to talk without interruption and listen to what they have to say. Learning your child’s thoughts and opinions makes them feel like what they want or feel matters to you, which in turn makes them feel much closer to you than before. Having a parent who listens as well instead of only talks and lectures will give your child more encouragement to listen to you in return.

4. Understand
With listening comes understanding and this means that you have to learn to put yourself in your child’s shoes and trying to understand how they feel and what they want from what they tell you. If you are able to understand where your child is coming from, you will be able to close that generation gap to some extent.

5. Unconditional Love
Love has a way of crossing boundaries and bringing people together if acted upon. So show your children how much you love them. This unconditional love and support that they get from you is very encouraging and makes children more inclined to show that same love and understanding back.

6. Compromise
People can disagree on things, no matter how close to each other they are. Parents and children are no different; however, rather than forcing them into your way of thinking or forcing them to do what you want them to do when they don’t want to, learn to compromise when possible. There are times when you need to put your foot down with your children, but coming to a compromise instead of dictating their every move will make them closer to you and make that generation gap a little smaller.


This article on generation gap between parents and child is just what you need if you have been struggling to have a better relationship with your child. Remember that it is important to understand that they have their own thoughts and opinions and being patient and loving will help to close the generation gap that causes distance between parent and child.