(b) They see their elders indulging in all types of un...

(b) They see their elders indulging in all types of un ethical dealings in their offices and businesses. (c) In this way, the children are given practical training of keeping the religion and moral values confined to the compounds of mosques, husainiyas and, to a certain extent, homes.

(d) The children thus develop a dual personality; and the elders lose respect in their eyes, and even if at times they are told by these elders to behave in moral ways, the words sound to them hollow and hypocritical. As the…