Question: Is a parent responsible for a child's aspiration?
Sri Chinmoy: Yes, parents are always responsible for a child's aspiration. From the very beginning the parents can read the child books about God. The parents can also teach the child to read and give the child spiritual books to read himself. The parents must teach the child how to pray and how to meditate and also see that the child's friends are spiritual.
Sri Chinmoy, A child's heart and a child's dreams, Aum Publications, 1986