How to resolve family quarrels?

[Smt. Tanuja asked: Padanamskaram Swamiji! Kindly help me in the situation I am in. How can I resolve the quarrelling in the family? How can children communicate to their parents when they are feeling unsatisfied due to disturbances with their siblings or partner?]

Swami replied: The belief in God and the fear of His punishment for breaking justified traditions of elders and for violating justice in general, alone can bring perfect discipline in any soul. This is equally true whether the soul is a father, son, husband, wife and so on. If this foundation is well-established, then order and discipline in the family, which is like the building, will be very strong. Youngsters need not fear their elders, instead, they should fear the omniscient and omnipotent God. He will certainly punish souls, who due to their ignorance and foolish stubbornness do not follow any justified tradition established by God. Devotion to God based on the fear of the punishment of sins is always the safest path to bring discipline in the family.

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