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The family is such an intergral part of life and the place where we learn our first lessons and how to interact with others.  Shri Babaji encouraged householders to take care of their duties, to love and care for their children, and to keep up their spiritual practice.  Babaji loves children and is often pictured with children in His lap.  Shri Muniraji is a wonderful example of a loving family man with eight children and now many grandchildren and great grandchildren, who continually takes care of all his duties as well as his daily spiritual practices.

Life in these busy times often becomes challenging for families.  We seem to be almost too busy to stop and enjoy the simple joys of living and being together as family.  For this reason, we are including this section about families.  The first entries are parenting questions and answers that have appeared in the local newpaper for the last year or so.  We will also include other helpful ideas for families, so stay tuned.

If you have a question or a topic that you would like covered, just email us at info@Babajiashram.org.

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Parent Talk by Ramloti - March, 2008
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I was very fortunate raising my boys to have an excellent guide but it was rocky at first.  I was committed to never spank or yell at my children.  This went well until my first son was a year and a half.  Then he was all over our apartment with a mind of his own.  We were college students and had an old, upstairs apartment.  The first time I saw my son on the kitchen table leaning on the screen to look outside I just about flipped.  Of course, I took him down and tried to explain how dangerous it was as he could easily push through the screen and fall out the window.  Guess what?  He was up there again in a couple of minutes and after several times of this, I was beside myself. 

Being an intelligent mother, I decided to tie the chairs to the legs of the table so he could not pull them out and climb up to the table.  Well, this worked for a while but he soon learned a way to climb up again. 

Deciding that I must have a problem child on my hands, I made an appointment with a child psychologist.  The psychologist heard my story, assured me that I had a very normal, one and a half year old, and then referred me to a book by Rudulf Driekers, Children the Challenge.

This very respectful (for both the child and adults) way of raising children is based the premise that as socially conscious humans, we make decisions based on the welfare of ourselves and others.  These concepts helped me thoroughly enjoy raising two boys, two years apart with love, respect, fun, and cooperation.

This method is now available in the book and course named Redirecting Children’s Behavior.  I taught it for several years all over the valley as well as all over San Diego. The book and workbook available at the Maha Lakshmi Shop.

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