As parents, we all want to see our kids growing and flourishing. We all love to see them doing well in their careers and leading a respectful life. In today’s time, in the race of competition, people forget to imbibe important values in children. Parents must teach respect, empathy and family bonds in children. Schools and community may simply focus on their materialistic development, but it’s a huge responsibility of parents that they must nurture emotional intelligence, preserve cultural roots, and instill moral values that shape a child’s true character and inner strength.

The Role of Daily Rituals and Grandparents

After all, strong roots help children grow into confident, grounded individuals even when they fly far. Priyanka Priyadarshini, Early Childhood Educator brings light to this topic asserting, “Parents lead by example through daily rituals like puja, touching elders’ feet, and festival celebrations, teaching respect, devotion, and mindfulness. Grandparents pass on traditions and wisdom through stories and lived experiences, seeding patience, gratitude, and resilience.”

“Schools reinforce these values by celebrating festivals, encouraging traditional arts, and promoting unity in diversity, helping children develop empathy, cooperation, and civic responsibility. When culture is lived and explained, not imposed, children grow up with pride in their heritage, forming strong identities and becoming compassionate, responsible individuals.” She further adds.

Parents as Architects, Schools as Bridges, Grandparents as Roots

Dr. Sanjay Rout, Journalist, Spiritual Expert, Author & Coach also gives his important point of view, saying, “In today’s cultural ecosystem, parents are the architects, schools the bridges, and grandparents the roots. Parents reinterpret tradition in modern language-turning rituals into bonding time, festivals into experiential learning, and values into everyday conversations. Schools, especially in global settings, are beginning to include cultural clubs, heritage assemblies, and language inclusivity. But it’s the grandparents, the storytellers who pass down not just customs, but context.”

We completely agree by the insights of the experts about how raising culturally rooted children in a global world is a shared responsibility between parents, elders and schools. Their combined efforts ensure that the values are not just taught, but experiences, making culture a living part of a child’s everyday life.

Mindfulness, Discipline, and Emotional Resilience

Another important point that must be emphasised upon is how Indian culture helps give children the strong foundation. Dr. Sanjay elaborates that “In a world of instant gratification, Indian culture teaches delayed wisdom. It teaches children to sit with discomfort (through meditation), to observe before reacting (via karma philosophy), and to feel deeply (through bhakti and devotional stories).”

Ms. Priyadarshini also highlights, “Indian culture instils children with mental and emotional resilience by grounding them in rituals, traditions, and family-centred celebrations. This helps them develop self-control, and mindfulness. When children participate in pujas or observe festivals with their families, they learn to slow down, stay present, and follow structured practices – all which nurture discipline and emotional steadiness. These cultural practices subtly help children develop the strength to manage their desires, delay gratification, and stay connected to a sense of purpose and order.”

When children weave their lives with ancestral knowledge, they get the correct direction. In a world of noise and speed, these values offer them stillness and strength. They flourish with depth, purpose and pride.

Ancient Wisdom in a Digital Age: Values that Guide Young Minds

In today’s time of hustle and bustle, technology has taken over the world of children. AI is outpacing memory and digital overstimulation blurs identity. It is important that prayers, compassion and ancient wisdom must be around a child’s cultural upbringing. This brings positivity around kids and nurture them in a right way.

Ms. Priyadarshini shares that, “Prayers help children build mindfulness, inner peace, and the ability to connect with themselves, offering a moment of calm and reflection amidst daily chaos. The compassion teaches them to care for the people and environment around them, nurturing empathy and responsibility.”

“Ancient wisdom passed down from parents and grandparents keeps children connected to their roots, offering strength, moral clarity, and a cultural identity that shapes a resilient personality.” She underlines the facts.

Mr. Sanjay also echoes this sentiment, emphasising, “Prayers offer predictability in a chaotic world. they tune the child’s breath to their purpose. Compassion, taught through stories of saints and epics, becomes an emotional intelligence practice, guiding them to relate rather than react. And ancient wisdom? It is timeless technology. The teachings of the Gita, the logic of Ayurveda, the philosophy of unity in diversity these give children a framework to interpret global reality with cultural clarity.”

Indian Culture as a Foundation of Strength

In an age of nuclear families, single-child households, and physical distance from extended relatives, these cultural foundations act as a guiding force, like a silent mentor. They help children navigate challenges, seek guidance, and live with purpose and values even when human support may be limited.

They grow up not torn between East and West, but weaving both into a strong, balanced identity. Such children carry their culture not as baggage, but as a compass. Rooted in values, they rise with vision – grounded, graceful, and globally aware.