Dr. Arun Ghandi( Mohandas Ghandi's grandson) is in my town today and is speaking at one of the schools here. The way he was disciplined in his family was that his parents would go into a fast and not punish their children. Thoughts on this method?
It's the same principle as removing a crying child from a grocery store, parent and all. The child needs to understand that their actions affect and have consequences on everyone.
It'd really depend on how it was done. What immediately comes to mind for me is a massive guilt trip. Speaking as someone who was subjected to a lot of those as a kid (and who as a result constantly struggles as an adult not to let guilt interfere
Here's a scenario: father discovers that his child stole or lied about something, the father blames himself for not raising his children right and goes into a fast and meditates on how to become a better parent so that he can raise his child right.
Is it done in a way such that the child is made aware of the father's suffering, or is it treated in a healthy manner as a growing process? I could see it being okay if the latter, if the child is not made to suffer psychologically as a result of the
I think we're confusing each other. I misread your comment about it being treated in a healthy matter as the child not knowing anything about what the parent is doing. For clarity's sake, the child knows everything that their parent is doing and he
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