Challenges: Education Expectations

04/29/24 • 21 min

Live Vedanta: Parenting Culture

🎓Recap (April 8, 2024)
🌟 Self-care reflects care for others.

Here is a recap of what was shared:

Reviewing Managing Emotions -
- 💭 Undirected thoughts cause stress, while directed thinking promotes calmness.☀️
- 😌 Manage emotions to avoid becoming moody.
- 🙏 Navigate generational differences with PLEAD: Pray, Lead, Engage, Accept, and Depart if needed to avoid toxic relationships.
Education Expectations -
- 🌿 Ancient Wisdom -
  - 🕉️ In Srimad Bhagavatam, Sri Krishna (who is Yogeshwara - Master of Yogas) learns self-love and joy at Rishi Sandeepany’s Gurukula. He embodies joy, setting a precedent for us.
  - 📖 In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna says - "Sattva Sanjayate Jnanam" - from quietude arises knowledge.
  - 📚 Education fosters quietness (sattva); everything else is mere information.
For us as caregivers:
- 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Prioritize purpose, faith, and joy actively. Distinguish between engaging with fundamentals and being busy with mere information.
- 🛑 Put parameters on the functional to balance between the fundamental and functional.
For those we care:
- 👶 Clarify if you prioritize nurturing goodness or intelligence in your child. Emphasize values and morals for long-term development.
- 📚 Teach children to fulfill responsibilities before recreation without negotiation to avoid compromise.

About Parenting Culture: Season 2023-24

Buckle up, fellow parents! Our Parenting Culture is gearing up for life changing ride in the coming year, and it's all about "Solving Parenting Challenges with Ancient Wisdom.” We look forward to being inspired by Vivekji as our guide with lessons from the Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, and more. Here's the secret sauce: To be better caregivers, we've got to start by tuning up ourselves first. The more we understand ourselves, our life's mission, and spruce up our virtues. the better we can show our mini-me's the ropes to discovering their potential. It's like we're turning into life coaches for our kids! We'll tackle the hurdles of modern parenting with a three-part plan: tweaking what we do, how we feel, and what we think. It's like going from fixing a squeaky door to renovating the whole house, one step at a time. So, get ready to embrace your inner parenting guru and join us for a year of adventure, laughs, and enlightenment!🚀🤩👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

🎓Recap (April 8, 2024)
🌟 Self-care reflects care for others.

Here is a recap of what was shared:

Reviewing Managing Emotions -
- 💭 Undirected thoughts cause stress, while directed thinking promotes calmness.☀️
- 😌 Manage emotions to avoid becoming moody.
- 🙏 Navigate generational differences with PLEAD: Pray, Lead, Engage, Accept, and Depart if needed to avoid toxic relationships.
Education Expectations -
- 🌿 Ancient Wisdom -
  - 🕉️ In Srimad Bhagavatam, Sri Krishna (who is Yogeshwara - Master of Yogas) learns self-love and joy at Rishi Sandeepany’s Gurukula. He embodies joy, setting a precedent for us.
  - 📖 In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna says - "Sattva Sanjayate Jnanam" - from quietude arises knowledge.
  - 📚 Education fosters quietness (sattva); everything else is mere information.
For us as caregivers:
- 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Prioritize purpose, faith, and joy actively. Distinguish between engaging with fundamentals and being busy with mere information.
- 🛑 Put parameters on the functional to balance between the fundamental and functional.
For those we care:
- 👶 Clarify if you prioritize nurturing goodness or intelligence in your child. Emphasize values and morals for long-term development.
- 📚 Teach children to fulfill responsibilities before recreation without negotiation to avoid compromise.

About Parenting Culture: Season 2023-24

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Challenges: Managing Emotions

🎓Recap (April 1, 2024)
🌟 Shift from succumbing to accepting, acknowledging that change is both possible and inevitable.

Reviewing Peer pressure -
- 🌿 Ancient Wisdom - 🌟 Story of Ajamila continues with him having a child with the prostitute and a Sadhu bestowing the name Narayana on Ajamila's unnamed child. In his final moments, calling out Narayana’s name rescued him.
- 🙏 Naming articles, beings with divine names fosters remembrance of Bhagavan.
Managing Emotions
- 🌿 Ancient Wisdom - 🤔 Svayambhu Manu, contemplating his origins, faced an attack by the Rakshasas.
  - 🧘‍♂️ He maintained his focus, and was rescued by Sri Krishna who intervened and defeated them.
  - 💪 Mastery over his emotions led to meaning and success
- 💭 Stress is just a thought, leading to exhaustion, frustration, and confusion.
  - Emotions like stress, anger, and fear stem from thoughts
  - ❌😌 If those thoughts are absent, so are the emotions.
For us as caregivers:
- 🕒 Establish a routine to regulate your day and boost physical, mental energy.
- 🚶‍♂️KMF (Keep Moving Forward): Emotions are just thoughts; keep moving forward, despite others projecting their emotions onto you.
For those we care for:
- 🧒 Me Therapy: Teach children self-care practices, prioritizing time for themselves.
- 👵 Mature Therapy: Seek guidance from mature individuals to manage emotions effectively. Trusted friends can provide relief. 🤝

About Parenting Culture: Season 2023-24

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Challenges: Parenting Styles

🌟 Parenting Culture is a space of inspiration and rejuvenation.

Here is a recap of what was shared:

✨Success should be measured by -

Utility (peace and happiness) and legacy (the lasting impact and impression the child leaves)
Agility (maintaining balance while moving between responsibilities and relationships ) and not Anxiety due to imbalance
🌿 Ancient Wisdom -
- 📚 Kautilya, or Chanakya, born in Takshashila 2500 years ago, authored the Artha Shastra (Economics and Political science), and mentored Chandragupta, transforming him into a ruler of the Maurya empire 👑.
- 🧒He advised nurturing children until age 5, providing guidance until they were 15, and treating them as friends after 16 👫.
- For children ages 0-5 - Confidence is key!
  As caregivers:
  💖 Instill confidence through love.
  👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Stay active with the child, taking turns between parents to ensure engagement.
  As cared:
  🏃‍♂️Prioritize love, activity, and confidence-building.
  🌱 Embrace play with minimal toys and treats to encourage creativity and independence.
- For children ages 6-15 - Give them direction!
  As caregivers:
  🤗 Be available for the child.
  🚶‍♂️Demonstrate through lifestyle how to live.
  As cared:
  ⚖️ Understand their role in family, home, society, and learn about the law of Karma: privileges come with responsibilities.
  📊 Help visualize responsibilities by charting them out.