{"id":161771,"date":"2023-10-06T15:07:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/?p=161771"},"modified":"2023-10-06T15:07:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:37:45","slug":"on-children-question-and-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplustopper.com\/on-children-question-and-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"On Children Question and Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this “On Children : Question and Answers<\/strong>“, we discuss about nature of love, importance of freedom, the power of education, and the interconnectedness of all life. Read More Plus Two English Question and Answers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Children Question and Answers<\/h2>\n

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Question 1.
\nHow, according to the speaker, should parents look upon their children?
\nAnswer:
\nAccording to the prophet Almustafa, parents should never believe that they own or possess their children. They should behave as though their role is that of being guards and\/or \u2018stewards\u2019. Parents should not treat their children as their puppets but shower their love as much as they can and take good care of them as we do to someone who is given to our charge. Parents should not impose their thoughts and ideas on them because our children belong to the future whereas we belong to the past generation.<\/p>\n

Question 2.
\nHow should parents raise their children, according to the speaker?
\nOR
\nHow should parents take care of their children, according to the speaker in \u2018On Children\u2019?
\nAnswer:
\nAlmustafa tells parents that they can only act as \u2018stewards\u2019 and their role is one of \u2018stewardship\u2019; parents should not treat their children as their puppets but shower their love as much as they can and take good care of them as we do to someone who is given to our charge. Parents should take care of their needs only and should not impose their thoughts and ideas on them. They should not do so because our children belong to the future whereas we belong to the past generation.<\/p>\n

Question 3.
\nWhat are the views of the Prophet on parents and children in the poem \u2018On Children\u2019?
\nAnswer:
\nAccording to the Prophet, a child is a gift from the abundance of existence and it is eternal life itself. Children are born as sons and daughters as \u2018life\u2019s longing for itself\u2019. Parents do not create them and hence cannot possess them. Parents serve as a \u2018passage\u2019 or vehicle to bring the children to this world. Further, children have their own thoughts because they have the free will to do as they please. Whereas parents belong to the yesterdays, their children belong to the future. The children will have their own scriptures and saints; hence parents should only give them as much love as they can and not their thoughts. Parents should not thrust their past as an inheritance on their children but should let them grow according to their own potential.<\/p>\n

Gibran uses the metaphor of archer-bow-and-arrows to explain the role of parents in bringing up children. In this metaphor, God is the archer, the parents represent the bow, and the children are the living arrows. Like an archer, God bends the bows testing them for stability to aid the arrows as they try to reach their destination. \u201cIt is the archer who decides the target, which is marked upon the path of the infinite, and He bends the parents (bows) with His might that His arrows may go swift and far\u201d.<\/p>\n

Question 4.
\nHow is the parent and children relationship brought out in Kahlil Gibran\u2019s poem \u2018On Children\u2019?
\nAnswer:
\nIn his sermon \u2018On Children\u2019, Gibran assumes the persona of Almustafa and speaks to the people with the intention of enlightening them about \u2018children\u2019 and to guide them as to how they should bring up their children.<\/p>\n

First, he says that \u2018children\u2019 are born to fulfill the \u2018longing\u2019 of life itself. They are a gift from the abundance of existence. God, the supreme power, uses parents as a vehicle or passage to bring children to this earth. Since parents do not create \u2018life\u2019, parents do not own children. They may house their bodies but not their souls.<\/p>\n

Secondly, children have their own souls and are not non-living things. Therefore parents cannot possess them as puppets. Life\u2019s longing for itself brings forth children in the form of sons and daughters. Hence, our sons and daughters do not belong to us though we have borne them.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, since parents bring children to this earth, they should also take care of children as \u2018stewards\u2019 and protect them, take care of their needs until they grow and mature and become fully developed individuals. Parents should take care of their needs only and should not impose their thoughts and ideas on them.<\/p>\n

On Children is a timeless poem that continues to be relevant today. It is a poem that can help us to think about the meaning of parenthood and the importance of creating a world where all children can flourish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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