Religious
Discourse and Positive Disciplining
Exerting power creates
disgruntlement-and at times leads to power struggle; nobody can imagine about
being docile today. The word, “control” should be given a low profile
especially in a classroom setting because today-nobody wants to have a feeling
that he/she is being controlled. However, it is very important that he have
firm grip on our kids in a given situation and today’s challenge as teacher, as
a parent is-how are we going to keep our kids in so called good shape without
making them smell that we are governing over them?
Let’s accept this-at
times it looks extremely laborious and tend to form a shape of nuisance when we
explain everything about our intent and conduct towards kids. They tend to
brand as preacher and above all-it’s perceived as an exertion of power against
their will.
One thing is damn
sure-lets work on the attitude building.
Among many positive
disciplining approaches towards positive attitude building-religious discourse
can be one medium to promote and consolidated positive attitude in the lives of
the students. I mean any religious discourse
that spreads secularism and values of humanity should be encouraged in various
learning institutions and working organizations.
Amid so much of
academic pressure and that intense urgency to deliver the expectation of
parents and teachers-kids are constantly hammered onto their psychological well
being and ultimately drains inside out.
Besides we also know
that there are another breed f kids who are misfits-they feel they are enforced
to fly when they know they are like a fish. Some they can’t stick to the school
norms and some they have problems beyond the walls of school campus. For such kids they need situation where they
can connect with spiritual tinge in their life to make him do kind of soul
searching.
Conducting religious discourse is one such
activities that can help kids to understand themselves and become self
reflective about their thoughts and actions. Moreover, seeing a spiritual
leader sharing his realization can arouse that sense of duty towards oneself,
family and the communities around them and ultimately giving them positive
outlook towards life. Besides, it also
can also ignite faith-devotion and human spirit that knows how to handle
himself through every thick and thin.
Kids need direction but
how we direct them is what it matters.