You are observing fast for your son’s wellbeing and praying for his long life to Ahoi Mata which falls on the 4th day after the celebration of Karwa Chauth. Not just keeping fast will make him a good person, It is important for you to teach your son important life lessons which will result in him to make a better human being. As upbringing done in a right manner praised by everyone and making you feel happy and proud that your loving son has become a great human. So, this Ahoi Ashtami teaches your son some essential life lessons.

Respect Elders

Getting Elder’s blessings is equivalent to the blessings of God. Teach your loving son to respect elders and have a soft corner for them. Encourage him to spend spare time with his Dadi/dada ji as they have faced all phases of life and are a great teacher. The lessons he will get with them will be helpful for him to lead a successful and good life.

Humanity

One of the important life lesson to be taught your son is about humanity. Humanity pays back. One should always take a step ahead to offer unconditional love to all the human beings irrespective of their caste, creed or religion. Help everyone whenever and wherever is possible. Like, offer food to the needy, helping an old lady to carry her bags, leaving the seat for the weak person, or helping a blind to cross the road is such lessons which you can teach your son.

 Respect Women

Teach your son the life’s important lesson to respect women. Each person deserves respect and a woman too deserve her share of respect. Being respectful towards women is an honorable quality. Educate your little son to respect every female whether she is his sister, female friend or a teacher. Start instilling this great values from your own home.

Follow the passion which makes you happy

Not everyone is happy pursuing engineering or medical degree. Every child has different interest, different passion, different hobby and a different outlook to do things. Let him discover his own natural talent. As things are done by heart is what gives you an ultimate pleasure. Convince him to follow his heart and feel happy seeing him content whatever course he is chosen to pursue.

Don’t forget to rise after falling

There is nothing bad in committing mistakes. Don’t let failure kick him down. He may fall in order to follow his goals but what is appreciated when he will rise up strong headed. Someone has rightly said that there is no harm if you have fallen 100 times, be happy now you have known 100 ways to not follow. Failure is not the end of the world. See it as a learning experience in order to achieve your target.

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