Originally Posted by zindagi20

Future can never be predicted with perfect accuracy but it can be gauged by considering certain parameters. The similar reality is substantiated by the adage which implies that the personality of an individual can be envisaged by a cursory glance over his childhood. The personality of an adult is simply a product of traits and characteristics he exhibits in his younger age. His attributes are often the developments of the features he had when he was a child. As Milton has aptly pronounced, “The child shows the man, As morning shows the day”. Most of the qualities, be it physical, mental and social, ripe with the passage of time and are manifested in mature form in adulthood. It seems true that a child with positive traits and habits will emerge as a constructive member of the society while a child with negative predispositions will prove a curse in social terms.
The history bear witness to the fact, the childhood preferences and inclinations determine the man of future, by having many such personalities in its annals. Hazrat Muhammad (P. B. U. H), a great reformer, who changed the map of the world with his revolutionary thoughts, was equally a man of generosity and high acumen in his childhood. Similarly, Adolf Hitler harbored a stubborn child himself and he emerged as the most cruel man in the cosmos. Titian, an eminent Turkish artist, is another epitome of it. But the maxim does not always stand true and the existence of exception can never be denied.
In a nutshell, the childhood is a crucial phase of life and it must be dealt carefully on the part of the parents as it paves the way for future personality. The parents must pay heed to the temporal and moral training of the child to make him a productive organ of the society.