Daily Meditation: Wednesday, November 28, 2001

Under the pretext that they love their children, some …

11/28/2001

Under the pretext that they love their children, some adults do not want to let them suffer or burn themselves a little in order to learn a lesson. At the least incident, they want to fix everything so that the children do not have to bear the consequences of their actions. Well, no, this is not love. And this is not the way the Lord or nature acts. To love children does not mean to spare them all difficulties at once. When they are in an unpleasant situation, you must start by letting them manage by themselves and work hard for a little while. When you see that they begin to realize why and how they put themselves into this situation and that they regret it, then you can intervene. Since they will have suffered a little, they will make good resolutions and become more careful, more reasonable. The adults - parents, teachers, etc. - who do not act this way will not only do no good to their children but will encourage them to take the path of weakness and wickedness.