“…In India we do not scold our children as you do in the West. If we have to scold our children, we use language which makes them honourable: Damle Sahib has put on a kurta (pyjama) so, ‘You are looking like Shivaji Maharaj. Welcome Shivaji Maharaj’. We should speak in such respectful language so that they would not get scared. Correction, if it is to be done, we used to do this way;... (more...)

“…Respect is the thing – we do not respect our possessions we just indulge in them. Do we respect?  We throw our cloths here and there. That’s why the children are born when they grow up they have no discipline. They throw all their cloths here, untidiness. Then you shout at them….”                                                      ... (more...)

“….It’s a very common thing to insult your children from their childhood: ” Why did you spoil that carpet? Why did you do that? You should not have said this! Why did you?” This is a very wrong way to discipline.            The best discipline is to put dignity into children. You see, a good home in India is known by the way children are addressed in the family.... (more...)

“… My eternal love flows towards you all and I keep on telling you things and making you understand but you have not got hurt neither you got spoiled. The reason is because it is done with integrated knowledge. If the children know that you love them with full heart then even one scolding is enough but instead if you always keep on scolding them then they think that it is your habit to... (more...)