How to raise our girls

Recently, I watched The Future is Now: Medical education for the 21st century, a presentation from Harvard Medical School. At around minute 19:50, one of the speakers, Dr. Edward Hundert introduced an interesting concept on raising children. 

The concept came from Hinduism and the belief in reincarnation. If the parent dies when the daughter is still in childbearing age, the parent may end up reincarnated in the daughter’s womb. 

From this possibility stemmed the conclusion: “raise your daughter as you might be raising your own mother”. 

The audience found this statement hilarious, but if you think about it, the advice is sound. 

The very first thought that came to my mind was that I needed to be respectful in how I approach and treat my child. I hope I have been doing this all along, even without the fear of being reincarnated in my daughter’s womb…

This advice goes to complement my previous post on how to better understand our children. 

It is becoming more and more complicated for the parents, but I am sure that it is even more complicated for our children. It is not easy to grow up in today's world. This is a world of many demands and distractions.