Gandhi as a child was well cared by his family. He was brought up in a big family and received love and affection. He was very close to his parents. Gandhi owed much of his vast knowledge of religion to his mother Putlibai. The religious teachings of his mother essentially came to influence Gandhi's ideas right from his childhood. It is evident in his philosophy that the old moral and religious beliefs formed the basis for belief in truth and non-violence.
Adolf Hitler was the 4th child of Klara Hitler and Alois Schickelgruber. As a child, Adolf Hitler had a troubled childhood. Alois Hitler, Adolf’s Father, worked as a civil servant and the family lived a middle class existence. Klara, Hitler’s Mother, was unable to defend her children against her husband who was pompous, status proud, strict, humorless, frugal and pedantically punctual. His temper would flare up unpredictably both at home and work. His father left a deep impression of violence on Hitler.
Now lets talk about the science behind this. A newborn child's brain weighs 400 grams. A 5 year old's brain weight about 1000 grams and a full grown brain weighs 1400 grams. This means the baby's learning curve is sharpest in the initial years. A child will absorb emotions and imitate them from birth. Children are very vulnerable to the surroundings. Parents act as a natural shield protecting them. When parents are not available or ignore to protect and nurture them, serious damage is done to the child's mental abilities. This means the child will grow with emotional imbalance, leading a turbulent life.
Question: Why didn't Hitler's siblings become a tyrant or why didn't Gandhi's siblings become a great soul? I leave it to the readers to answer.
Even though child-hood brought up is important, life is like one-day cricket match... first 15 overs (consider this is before power play era) .. If a team scores well in this 15 overs there is a high possiblity of scoring high total but need not be true always if they dont utilize this for other 35 overs (Environmental). Like that consistent playing a vital role. Mr.Gandhi's Consistency or Hitler's consitency could be important factor which their sibblings might not have !!!
ReplyDeleteSecond is Parents broadcast their habit / affection / instruction to children some children receive and process properly , some children do not process properly even they receive. (I mean sometimes intensity could vary)
Third child hood brought up is important but there are some great people have come up in life after some critical incidences they meet .So at any time human being can get motivation , inspiration and start changing or converting his path in a great manner. May be your blogs could also change people who knows!!
(Great example :- Valmiki , Kalidasa and Buddha , they were not great brought up in their child hood with respect to their final destination.)
I think i have given a bit convincing answer to your question :)
In my opinion, family plays a major role. i completely agree, but it does not shape up the individual totally... i agree with jithu, that there are people who have come up. They need not be famous or very rich or extremely succesful.. But are living happily...
ReplyDelete@Jithu, Viji - I agree that people could change their lives anytime. Thats why siblings of nasty people turn out to be better in most cases. Our character is weaved by three things - genes parental care & surrounding.
ReplyDeleteDuring the initial years, parental care plays a vital role in shaping up the child. If not provided correctly it could leave deep impressions in her later life.
In western countries there has been a study which has proven in many cases that the childhood scars make criminals more often than not.
Valmiki, Buddha & Kalidasa..
Valmiki's family disowned his sins when he was a highway robber. They would not have been perfect but nothing states that they were cruel to him.
Buddha was born in a royal family where he was well cared. His father was very affectionate towards him. Its from this background that he wanted to learn about human sufferings.
Kalidasa's childhood details are unknown or not recorded.