Nothing
is more important to caring parents than to see their children grow into a
responsible citizen. There are numerous books which deal with nurturing the
child into a responsible adult. Some of them are written by doctors, some by
educationist while others are written by psychologist. Family Wisdom is also a book
which deals with above mentioned subject.
Family Wisdom is partly an
inspirational novel, partly novel like, and a wholly self help book. This novel
is written by Robin Sharma (the author of The Monk who Sold his Ferrari). This novel
also falls under the genre of self help book.
This novel is about a successful business
woman by the name of Catherine. She has accomplished many things in her
professional life. But, her family life was in a mess. However, all this changed
when she had an accident and she met her brother, Julian Mantle (the monk who
sold his Ferrari). He advised her little sister on how to conduct her life.
This is main plot of the novel. A very typical Robin Sharma’s style.
The novel is a sequel to the book “The monk
who sold his Ferrari.” There are many lines which are repeated here in this
novel that you must have find in the other novels of Robin Sharma. However,
there is certain freshness in the repetition also. This is a wonderful thing
about the writing of Robin Sharma.
The novel suggests us the strategies to become
better parents. There are five
important masteries to be great parents. These five masteries form the core of
the novel. They are:-
1. Leadership in life begins with
leadership at home
2. Shift from scolding the child to
molding the leader.
3. Focus your child on greatness, not
weakness
4. To be an excellent parent, become an
excellent person
5. Give your child immortality through
the gift of a legacy.
This novel also contains the wisdom of how
to conduct ourselves as a parent. The line “You are the author of your child
destiny” suggests the importance of parent in the development of child. Many
other important counsels have also been preached by Julian Mantle to her
sister.
There are many books that exhort us on how
to bring up our child. This book is different in one than one ways. First it
teaches us to make your child develop as a leader. It contains some of the most
practical and easy ways to bring up your future leaders. Secondly, it contains
a lot of wisdom like “your job as a parent is to cultivate the special
strengths and top talents of your children so that they shine as people and
make the difference that they are here to make.”
The book not
only advise you the ways to be a better parent it also pay tribute to parents
through the following lines” All those fathers and mothers who takes the time
to read to their children after a long day at work and a busy night doing
chores are heroes in a sense”.
When you go
through the book you will feel like you had just walk through the strong room
of wisdom. It contains wise quotes like
“Suffering in
life is really nothing more than the difference between the way things are and
the way you imagine they should be.”
Or
“On the other side of fear lies freedom”
Like most of the other self help book the
language are simple yet very effective. You will wonder at the masterful
ability of Robin Sharma to strike your heart with his simple word. His word
arose in us something unusual. The words move us to action.
Thus the book is
basically an instruction on how to nurture your child into a beautiful and
successful person. The languages used are simple yet very effective. It is one
of those books that caring, loving parents must have. Though not a complete guide on how to bring up
your child wonder kid, it will definitely open the ways to be a better parent
and a better person. I will give it 6 out of 10
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