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  1. Gurudev, sometimes, dealing with kids gets so tricky that I tend to lose my patience. Everyday I decide to be calm, but when the situation arises I am not able to control myself. What should I do?

    You can’t do anything about it now, you have to live life spontaneously. Do you see what I am saying? It is okay to sometimes lose your temper, never mind. You should leave a little room for imperfection in life, and start accepting. What did you lea ...
  2. How do we maintain a good relationship with our children in today’s fast times?

    We have designed a course for that. It is called KYC – Know Your Child and KYT – Know Your Teen. It is just for two hours per day, for two days. You will get many beautiful ideas in this course. It has become so popular all over because it is very effectiv ...
  3. As a mother, how can I make my children more creative and less of information junkies?

    More human interaction. Allow the children to play with more kids. Get them to do some service activities. Make them do some work and make them mix with people of all socio-economic strata. ...
  4. Gurudev, how to overcome the difference in opinions between parents and children on account of generation gap?

    hat is why, bring them to the YES, YES+ and ART Excel courses and you will see how quickly it makes a difference. ...
  5. Is it okay to lie to a child that Santa Claus brings him presents for Christmas?

    Yes, children when they grow up they will know. They will realize the truth. ...
  6. Gurudev, if my children even after doing Art Excel and practicing kriya on a daily basis steal from the house, what should I do?

    It’s not that after doing kriya children will stop stealing things. It is a good thing they are doing Kriya but what you need to find out is why do they feel the need to steal. You must sit them down and speak to them. Sit them down and tell them, ...
  7. I often get angry with my son and hit him quite a bit. Just explaining things to him does not always work. Now I have noticed that he always seems alert in case he gets a beating from me. Is this bad?

    You should not beat your children so often. Once in a year or once in a couple of years is okay. It should not become a routine thing, otherwise they get used to it and they harden their whole attitude. You have to scold them but again not all the time. ...
  8. Jai Gurudev, as a mother and teacher how do I guide the younger generation?

    First be a teacher and then a mother. Be a teacher for your children and for the friends of your children. If you attend to the whole group of your children’s friends then you will be an effective mother as well. ...
  9. Is it wrong to give advice to teenaged children?

    Give advice – with lots of love. There is a proverb which says that after a child becomes a teenager, become a friend. Prapte tu Shodhashe varshe, Putram mitram, Vada charet. This is nothing new in this proverb– people have said this for thousan ...
  10. How to decide that enough is enough? I have a child and want to go for a divorce.

    Ask yourself if you have given 100 percent? If the mind says no, and you have given your 80 percent or even 95 percent, then wait till you give your 100 percent. Even better, give your 101 percent for the sake of the children. A little sacrifice for the ch ...