My son is in the second year of high school. One day he brought a parent education leaflet home from school called “How to Help Yourself and Your Children Grow.” The essence of the message was that to take care of one’s children, it is important to take care of ourselves first, so that we have a healthy body and happy mood. The leaflet further suggested that as parents, we should be aware of our own mood all the time. We should not take our negative emotions out on the children; instead we should learn to be a parent with high Emotional Quality (EQ). Then we can teach our children successfully.

After reading the leaflet, I agreed with the message deeply. Indeed, parents have to cultivate themselves to develop their own wisdom and compassion, and maintain a stable mood before they can create a harmonious atmosphere to guide children in morality and remind them of spiritual practice. If they can eventually be initiated by Master and practice the Quan Yin Method, that would be the best! In other words, to educate children, parents have to practice spiritually to have correct concepts and wisdom. Thus, the children will be naturally influenced in good ways and follow suit by the parents’ examples.

It was no coincidence that the next day when I went to join group meditation, the Master video lecture shown covered the same topic about how to educate children and accompany them in their growing years. I told my daughter that the teachers in school who designed the leaflet must be the angels of love from God to inform parents of the correct ways to educate their children.

Another day, my second daughter who is not initiated brought her son to visit me. I had heard from the teachers and my daughter that this grandson was very naughty and did not want to listen to what adults say. However, once I started to play Master’s video, “The Real Heroes,” he quietly watched it over and over again and told me that he liked it a lot. When his father came to pick him and his mother up, he refused to leave. Instead, he recommended this video to his father and said that he planned to show it to his teacher and friends at school. When my elder daughter asked him jokingly, “So do you dare to eat steak from now on?” He said he dared not because he would be caught by the King of Cows in hell if he did.

We can see from this story that children are very innocent and are easily affected by outside influences. If parents use good ways to teach them, they will be guided towards a positive and compassionate path. If only taught by scolding and beating, they might appear to be obedient, but they don’t really listen inside; and the gap between the parents and children is widened. Besides, it’s recommended to avoid spoiling children by giving materials rewards all the time. Before, I used to scold my children whenever they were disobedient. Later, after listening to Master’s lectures, I started to use love and persuasion to guide them.

Master’s love naturally changes people to become loving and wise through Her videos, photos and books. If parents have the right concepts in the first place, the children will have a chance to receive them. Thus the best way to teach and love children is to educate oneself first before educating them.

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