LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:11 November 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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A Review of
Legacy to My Sons
An Inspiring Challenge by Jimmy Teo to
Create and Leave Behind Great Legacy

Legacy to My Sons

A Book of Sound Counsel and Wisdom

Jimmy Teo’s Legacy to My Sons is a book of sound counsel and wisdom, a reading of which would benefit all parents and their children. Not only parents and children, but also teachers stand to benefit a lot from this well-written, easy to read book.

Civilizations throughout human history have always offered counsel and wisdom to parents and children as to how they should look upon each other and how they could benefit from each other. Ancient Chinese and Indian civilizations, in particular, even elevated the parents to the level of deities.

Reflections of a Father

Jimmy Teo
Jimmy Teo

Jimmy Teo’s book Legacy to My Sons has a significant subtitle: A Father’s Reflections on Aspirations, Values and Life. Parents often feel that their life’s mission is fulfilled if their children do well both materially and spiritually in this world. But their aspirations for their children are sometimes misled, being based on mostly economic considerations, future career, etc. Some religiously-oriented families may wish their children to join religious orders. A wholesome approach to our children should involve not only their material strength and well-being, but also their spiritual growth with sound moral values. In a competitive world, our children may be prompted to excel in competitions all the time, building up stress and strain, and this could lead to several ill effects.

Configuring Our Aspirations for Our Children

Jimmy Teo presents a valuable approach to configure our aspirations for our children as parents. Children learn their morals from parents and immediate family, from their teachers, peers, schoolmates and so on. Media also plays a very crucial role these days. This process continues all through their lives. A parent looks at the world, thinks over all the possibilities that his/her children would face in the future, begins to seek and give counsel, as well as impart wisdom to the children. The parents may not openly discuss some of the issues, but their aspirations will certainly be revealed through many diverse sources and resources, to their children.

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M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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St. John’s Matriculation School
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