Hinduism insists on prenatal purity of mind and body in a mother. Hinduism does not favour smoking and drinking alcohol by young women, the reason being that young women go through motherhood and alcohol and smoke harm the unborn. Medical science now points out that smoke and alcohol are two harmful things that the placenta cannot filter.

Parents—especially the mother plays a crucial role in the moral value systems of the family. Parents are directly responsible for the ruinous, suicidal behaviour of a youngster, while they are also the great inspiration of a Gandhi, a Shivaji, a Tagore and an Einstein.

Time and again, great achievers have declared their indebtedness to their mothers for moulding their thinking. Even one child brought up to have the courage of a hero and the daring to up

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