Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | August 20, 2022
A mother’s greatest concern should be to make her children succeed in life. But mothers are naturally attached to their children, and therefore their hearts rule their heads. In matters regarding their children, they do not follow reason, and try to fulfil all the demands of their children. By nature, every child is born pure. But as he grows up, he deviates from his true nature. It is a mother ’s duty to play a constructive role in bringing up her children, so that they do not deviate from the true nature they were born with.
Mothers, in their love for their children, try to fulfil all their demands, and this makes them think that all of their wishes should be fulfilled. But when the child grows up and comes into contact with the outside world, he learns the opposite. This contradiction can yield negative results in young minds. He learns that while he is loved and protected within the confines of his home, the outside world is bad and full of hostility. This can make him confused, and unable to comprehend reality. God has imbued the mother with immense love for her child, and the purpose of this love is to enable them to train their children with love and patience, show them the right path and give them the strength to face all odds. But most mothers have turned their love to pampering their children, and so have led them astray from the nature God had intended for them.