(Minghui.org) My son was naughty and full of of ideas when he was young. He had a strong influence on his peers, very similar to my younger brother when he was young. From kindergarten to primary school, he was a difficult child for teachers to handle. He had a strong imagination and often taught other children to play dangerous games. There were often several parents waiting to complain to me after school. At that time, his father was working in another city, which resulted in my being exhausted and not sure how to handle the child. My son himself was often punished by the teacher and suffered a lot. I was anxious for many years.
In fact, my son is kind by nature, but he has excess energy and poor self-control. I tried to find a suitable way to guide my son’s development. I read some books about child psychology. I also learned from the mistakes my parents and teachers made when educating my younger brother.
In an effort to guide my son, I cultivated his interest in sports, told him additional stories, and cultivated his interest in reading. This allowed him to achieve certain results, but it also allowed for another problem to materialize at the same time. He copied everything he learned. For example, after reading the story of Emperor Qin, he led the whole class to play “unifying the six kingdoms,” and the whole class was in chaos when groups of children battled each other. There were endless problems to solve every day, and I often lost my patience, yelled at him, and spanked him. At one point, our relationship was very tense.
During this difficult time, I was fortunate to learn Falun Dafa. I realized that my attachment to my son was too strong and my attachment had the opposite effect in our relationship. After understanding my problem, I talked to my son sincerely. I apologized and told him that I would use Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance to handle myself in the future, and I asked my son to monitor and remind me.
I listened to recordings of Master’s lectures in Jinan at home every day. My husband and son were listening also, but I didn't know it. One time, my son said, “Mother, rewind the tape.” I asked him why. He said, “I haven’t understood the part about prehistoric culture yet.” It turned out that he had been listening all along.
My son has few obstacles to understanding Dafa, and believes very much in Master’s teachings. When he was in the first year of junior high school, he called together several children of Falun Dafa practitioners in his class and told them: “We are children of practitioners and we must be different from others in the future.”
When he was in the third year of junior high school, he said to me one day, “Mother, do you remember how you treated me before you started practicing Falun Dafa?” I said, “Yes, if it weren’t for Dafa, we would have become enemies long ago!”
Since I started practicing Dafa, my son has been healthy. He has never been to the hospital. He was 6 feet tall when he entered high school. One day he had a high fever. He firmly believed that his mother was a Falun Dafa practitioner and had energy, so he asked me to sleep beside him. Sure enough, he was well the next day.
My son never doubted or wavered in his belief in Dafa after the persecution was launched in 1999. Whenever I needed him when clarifying the truth, he would fully support and help me. He also clarified the truth to his classmates and friends and persuaded them to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations.
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