Swami Mukundananda
My child wants video games and refuses to study. How do I make them accept my advice?
The Amla: bitter now, sweet later
Children say they want to play video games and not study. This is like the bitter Amla (Indian gooseberry) that a child refuses. The mother tells the child that the benefit comes later.
The child doesn't want to take it, so the mother says, look, child, take it, you will get the benefit later on. This is the Amla.