When it comes to teaching Fifi and Bibi, my mind has been fluctuating!
They love to play together and unlike before, there is no rivalry etc between them!
My one mind (dominant thought process currently) says ,let them be. Let them just enjoy whatever they are doing at home. The togetherness that they are developing naturally is more important than any manipulation from my side. Excess parental control will murky things and they will not discover their own world!
My other mind ( the learnt stuff from other people, friends etc,) says that i should start their music classes again. They were learning devotional songs etc and it was motivating even me to pray etc more! Start planning to get them in to International Baccalaureate (IB) programme public school (we have only one here and its not in our school district
) for Kindergarten next year?. Is it time i start taking them to ballet classes?
Or just focus on more home activities ( reading, playing etc with them)? There are so many home school blogs with neat ideas to just add on to family routine.
Also this whole role model thing. So when i was with my prayer group, the praying and involvement with the group helped these girls to talk about Krishna in casual terms. On their own they would ask to go to temple etc, which i felt was a step in good direction. Now after coming from India.I have not been to temple even once. My husband is not interested in any of this anyway. So it has to be me. For the sake of kids. Just so that they have an introduction to God and also for the feel of the place and just have their own view of what religion is. Now how to restart all this, is the question!
Shraddha
I think teaching small prayers is good way to begin the foundation. One should find their own ways to spritz path me thinks. Going to temples does not necessarily makes one strong believer of god or something. Okay I am not against visiting temples but after staying in a place where the temple is in another part of world; it is really not possible to visit that frequently as we can do in India. My god will understand that
i agree..
All you can do is lead by example. We learn by watching others do things… you can’t force spirituality down anyone’s throat. They have to feel it. You have to show them how amazing YOU feel and hopefully they’ll pick up that happiness from you.
i go up and down…frankly not someone to follow!