Detachment from Children by Urmila Devi Dasi

Mar 1, 1996 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-30 Number-02

Our Dead Son's Body, nine inches long, lay in my hand. For some months afterward, my natural affection that motherly impulse hard-wired into body and mind cried for that child. "What you grieve for is not the child," the midwife told me, "but how... read more

Is Experience the Best Teacher? by Urmila Devi Dasi

Jan 1, 1996 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-30 Number-01

AFTER GIVING Arjuna knowledge of matter and spirit, Lord Krsna tells him, "Deliberate on this fully, and then decide what you wish to do." Our children also have to choose between material and spiritual life. To prepare them for this choice, do we need to... read more

Names and Dates by Urmila Devi Dasi

Sep 1, 1995 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-29 Number-05

THE ELEVEN-, twelve-, and thirteen-year-olds raise their hands with questions. "Do we need to know the difference between the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation?" "Will there be questions on the test about the Revolutionary War?"... read more

An Offering of Love by Urmila Devi Dasi

Jul 1, 1995 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-29 Number-04

The students, from the beginners who can barely write to the almost-graduated, look up expectantly. "Blank paper, everyone! For the next two or three days we're going to write an offering to Srila Prabhupada." Every year, disciples and followers of Srila... read more

Training Through The Stages of Childhood by Urmila Devi Dasi

May 1, 1995 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-29 Number-03

WHAT WE CALL "a child" is simply a soul in a particular type of physical and mental dress. And by understanding the stages of material growth through which the child progresses, we can help the soul attain ultimate freedom. The sage Canakya saw these stages... read more

Pay the Price by Urmila Devi Dasi

Mar 1, 1995 | Schooling Krsna's Children, Urmila Devi Dasi, Volume-29 Number-02

AS THIS DARK AGE progresses, so does the philosophy of automatic spiritual enlightenment. In bookstores, seminars, and certainly in the literature of professional educators and psychologists, we learn that children are best left to their own devices. Parents,... read more