children to not to be molded but unfolder

#Children to not to be molded but unfolder free#

We should not impose our beliefs on them.Ĭhildren do not bear the responsibility of fulfilling the unfinished vicarious dreams of narcissistic parents. Gibran goes on to write that children need our complete unconditional love and acceptance, but, they do not need to emulate our thoughts.

Parents are the vehicles of the arrival of babies on this earth. They are wondrous miracles from God, and a product of nature’s soulful longing for creation of more life.

#Children to not to be molded but unfolder free#

They are free spirited souls, and we cannot chain them in servitude. The meaning I decipher from these lines is that we do not own our children. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.įor life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may house their bodies but not their souls,įor their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, You may give them your love but not your thoughts. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.Īnd though they are with you, they belong not to you. His poem, On Children is short, his message is simple, and yet so infinitely powerful and profound. Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), a sensitive and sagacious Lebanese American writer and poet, has left behind a mystical legacy of resonating words of wisdom on this topic.

Sometimes, I wonder, are we overthinking this whole parenting thing? Are we making it more complicated than it needs to be? Parenting is truly important to all of us and it is an issue we deeply care about a job we would all like to excel at.