Love has many meanings. Some people love their work more, some are deeply attached to their business, and some people value their relationships above everything else - the bonds they have kept from the beginning.
And these bonds can be anything - being someone’s brother, someone’s husband, someone’s son or daughter, or someone’s wife. The roles may be different, but one thing that is common in all these bonds is love.
Nowadays, the world is running behind lust.
It’s very important that we learn the difference between love and lust, and also teach this to our children, so that their future can be better. Today’s generation of parents are not able to give attention to their kids.
Instead, they are stuck in their own problems and fights. Because of this, children don’t walk on the right path and forget all their values and culture.
Today’s culture is full of things like live-in relationships, situationships, and being in multiple relationships at once. Young people mistake lust for love and become physical too early, then break up later. Is that really love? Just using each other’s body - is that love?
Parents should not allow everything in the name of freedom. They need to be strict sometimes, make rules, and teach discipline. Is love just about physical desires? Many youngsters, knowingly or unknowingly, misuse their and others’ bodies. They need proper guidance.
The age between 18 to 22 is very critical. What children learn during this time stays with them forever - whether it’s a good habit or a bad one.
During these 5 years, there are a lot of hormonal changes in the body, and sexual glands are active. If they don’t get proper guidance, they end up following wrong habits like masturbation, which is harmful.
That’s why it’s necessary to guide children during this time - through sex education, devotional classes, praying to God, field trips, emotional bonding games, and other healthy methods.
Even I used to wonder - why were my parents so strict with me? But today, when I think about it, I feel proud. Proud that they gave me and my brothers such good values.
Their strictness back then is helping us today. We understand now that the desire for wrong pleasure is what invites all bad habits - no matter what kind of “pleasure” it is.