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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Parents and Children Child's Wishes I am hoping that my father will not interfere in my affairs…. I want him to give some kind of freedom to me. I hope he will discuss with me on some important issues…not command me to do something with the sense of command…rather in a fatherly and kindly manner. I hope he will remember his youth, while he is interrogating me or putting an eye on me.

I hope he will respect me in front of my friends and mates, as I used to respect him in front of his friends and relatives. I hope he will understand that I have my condition and power, as he has his own condition and power, so that he will forgive me of the unintentional mistake I made. I hope he will understand that I was created for a particular time, not his time; he should not make me his copy in everything. I hope he will be just between me and my other brothers.

I hope he will take care of me, but without interfering in my personal affairs, he should be decisive to me without cruelty… he should be my adviser not my dictator… and that he should not regard my effort as nothing. Father's Wishes I hope that my son will be better than me, and not only be my continuation. I hope my son will achieve what I was not able to achieve in my life, and that his ambition and aspiration should be better than mine.

I hope he will use my experiences, and not fall into the mistakes I did, and that he will accept my advices. I hope he will regard me as a sincere friend, so that he will reveal some of his secrets and problems to me… I hope I will be sincere and frank to him and likewise he. I hope he will understand that my anger at him - when he makes mistakes - is love, not retaliation or dictatorship.

I hope he will understand that my children are all equal in my sight and that I love them all, but it might be possible that I hate some habits in some of them and love some habits in others. I hope I will gain the confidence of my sons and daughters, so as to open for me their hearts and tell me their problems… and that they will follow my guidelines because it is for their own good and interest.

These are hopes and ambitions of both the parent and the child, which explain the sincere hopes of understanding, reconciliation and building a strong relationship between the children, who love their parents and respect them, and the parents, who love their children and want good for them.