Parents of Schoolgoers  Discussion Forum

For Namita, the most chilling image is not the one of Cruise missiles or the regular videos of the two main players expressing mutual hatred, but an innocuous photograph that appeared in a newsmagazine this week. The photograph shows Osama bin Laden with 21 of his siblings, holidaying in Sweden in the early 1970s. He was a teenager then. What a transition from then to know. Why this transition? As a mother, I think a lot about how aggression is born, and how it can be controlled in our children.

When I look at little Bim, my one year old son, toddling along with his innocent smile, happily giving up his toys to his slightly older friends, I wonder how long it will be before he becomes possessive about his toys, his books and us, his parents. So how do I bring up my child to be courageous, positive, strong and content? It's not something I have direct control over like, say, nutrition. \";OK, Bim, here is your spoonful of iron drops and your cupful of courage.\";

What should be done to have controll on children so that they don't turn up and grow as a terror person? Discuss this topic! malini replied. Can we ever truly be responsible for our children' s actions? All we can do is teach them what' s right and wrong. Ultimately, its up to them to choose which path to follow. Mohini replied. This thought has always come to my mind as well whenever i see the terrorrist attacks on TV. I try to put the best efforts from my side so that my child does not turn to become one such person who is hated by one and all.