The snake gourd is apt to grow crooked if left alone. So, gardeners tie a stone to its end, and the weight pulls it straight, as it grows longer and longer. The minds of children and youth too are apt to grow crooked under the influence of sensuous films, hollow hypocritical atmosphere created by elders, the lure of the glitter and glamour, and of a false sense of adventure and fame. So, schools have to attach the stone of discipline and make them grow straight and true. The stone should not be too heavy, lest it snap the gourd in two! Disciplinary rules have to be well thought out and adapted to the age group they wish to correct. The atmosphere must be so charged that obedience to discipline comes automatically, with a full heart. Such discipline will shape good leaders for the nation. They also have to be good followers; fine soldiers make fine generals. Young apprentices of peace become pillars of peace, they grow into champions of peace. Regulate the food habits of the children; food determines, to a large extent, the health and intelligence, emotion and impulse. Set limits to the quality and quantity of food, as well as to the number of times it is consumed and the timings. Recreation too has to be moral and elevating, in the company of the righteous and God-fearing. – Divine Discourse, Mar 02, 1970