The child emulates the actions and words of the parents.

The child emulates the actions and words of the parents. The parents can set an example for the children. By nature, the child expects that promises will be kept. When the parents fulfill their small promises the child gets trained in this important aspect of life. But if they take their small promises lightly and neglect them, the child takes the negative example and develops the habit of breaking his word. They start believing that promises are made to be broken.

If the parents make false promises to momentarily calm the child, they are inadvertently training the child to make false promises Can such children grow into respectable individuals? To quieten the child the mother promises to buy him sweets, ice cream., toys etc Sometimes she makes these promises to make him take the bitter medicine or to get him vaccinated.

She frightens him by saying that if he did a certain thing, she would send him to the police, report him to his Dad or deny him new dress for the festival. If you consider the lives of the people around you, or your own life, there will be innumerable instances of such false promises and threats made to the innocent children. Do the parents ever imagine what impact they are making on the impressionable minds of the children?

This injustice is perpetrated on the innocent children quite innocuously! The ignorant parents dont know that they are sinning by making false promises and also they are training the child to follow in their footsteps.. This is the reason Islam requires the parents to keep the promises that they make with their children. The Prophet of Islam has said: Love the children. Treat them with kindness and if you make a promise to them, fulfill it without fail.

The children think that you are the provider of sustenance for them. [1] Hazrat Ali says: Whenever you make a promise to the children, definitely keep it. [2] [1] Wasail, Vol. 15, Page 101, Bihar Vol 104, Page 92. [2] Mustadrak, Vol. 2, Page 106. Previous…