Sikh Parents

[dalsingh101]

I know I posted this elsewhere but I think it is relevant to the differences between generations regarding to Sikh identity. Please watch.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVqA8qBOlQ

[xkaurx]

how can we get our families onto the right path, and is it ok to preach to them lol

noooo dont do that, i tried and they ended up shouting

[Shaheed_Fauja]

some parents are just plain dumb IMAGE + FAMILY HONOUR is all they care about at the expense of family values and sikhi!

they say Parents are our first teachers the problem is most have sh!t teachers

This is exactly what i was talking about

[k_S_T]

yeer sikh parents are to busy in fitting in the uk

when i took amrit i did not tell no oneeee nt even my parents jus went myself my parents never chated to me for 2 weeks after u cnt win with parents but our parents dnt always knw wots best for us

i got from my parents u will :

never get a wife

u wear a round turban u will not get a wife

u will not get a job and etccc

so like i sed

U CNT WIN WITH PARENTS

[Manjot_13]

Some parents jus tend to force you into submission with there stupid ideas and logic, The main reason i think parents tend to not listen is the age difference. My guess is that they think we know nothing becasue we are younger then them and that they and there huge egos are provoked by the fact that for once we are trying to telll them somthing or teach them something about a religion that they have followed since they were born. When the truth is that they have been forced to follow with out question and are doing the same thing that there parents did to them, to us.

Since some time ago (round abt 50's) a new breed of human beings have evolved. Those that don't like following rules - That rebel if forced into anything - The ones that like to go against whatever their parents say. I'm talking about the teenager.

Back in the old day, the average teenager used to listen to what their parents used to listen to, wear what their parents did etc. But now, the average teenager listens to exactly the music that irritates parents, wear exactly what parents tell them not to and do everything that make them feel as independant as possible (watched this in "History of Britian" BBC1 i think).

[Punjabi_Link]

its because the rents try to fit into the western culture so much that they dont care about losing their religious belifs of anything. u dont havta go far to find this happenin if ur from the lower mainland all u gotta do is pick up the real estate paper and ull find ppl like Bob gill or Larry sandhu hahaha

Not true. I have seen younger Sikhs (even the ones wearing turbans) have white names.

Because they are pindus who do not question and had their simple form of self-identity formed before they landed here. Whereas most of us growing up abroad were forced to confront questions regarding our identity at young ages. This searching by us and probably the impact of Western education has caused us to learn and seek answers to questions that our parents never had to confront, hence many children knowing more about their history/religion than parents.

Saying that some youngsters are also proper dumba*s*s about their roots too.

It is just not pindus. Even Sikhs who come from major Indian cities don’t know much about Sikhi. I remember a girl who moved here in Canada from New Delhi and she was shocked to see how knowledgeable Canadian Sikh kids are about Sikhi. Funny thing was she came from a family that males wear turbans. LOL

some parents are just plain dumb IMAGE + FAMILY HONOUR is all they care about at the expense of family values and sikhi!

they say Parents are our first teachers the problem is most have sh!t teachers

Sad, but true.

[dalsingh101]

I'm a bit ignorant now - Anyone from India is a pindu! Whether they come from a city or village! LOL

[Punjabi_Link]

I'm a bit ignorant now - Anyone from India is a pindu! Whether they come from a city or village! LOL

Fair enough.