Elixir for Youth

By Laxman Gadtaula

This book is based on the idea behind the saying "prevention is better than cure." If all parents give their children (especially those ten to fifteen years old) good moral and practical knowledge, they will help them become good people for the rest of their lives. If parents can't teach these things to their children in time, they can't prevent these young people from developing criminal habits. Throughout this book, I try to warn preteens and young teenagers not to start bad habits.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481764018

Laxman Gadtaula

Laxman Gadtaula was a university-level instructor in Nepal from 2002 to 2009. When he immigrated to the United States in 2009, he started a new chapter of life with different kinds of struggles. He currently lives in Palmdale, California, with his wife, Reema Pokhrel, and his two sons, Shekhar and Shankar. Mr. Gadtaula believes Shekhar and Shankar fill him with strength to do things, including writing this book.

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Published by AuthorHouse 06/08/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-6398-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-6401-8 (e)

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Contents

Preface

1. You Only Have Twenty-Four Hours in a Day

2. Read Often and Learn from Everything

3. Learn the Connection between Working and Eating

4. Nothing Is Free

5. Provide Valid Reasons

6. Be Honest

7. Always Be Positive

8. Don’t Exceed the Limits

9. What Do You Think about Important Topics?

Endnotes

PREFACE

Forty-fourth President of United States of America, Barak Obama, in his platform for reelection included a priority for the United States to outeducate and outinnovate the rest of the world. He said everybody needed to pitch in. Obama also said that by 2020, the United States would again lead the world in numbers of graduates in the workforce. The president said, We need to teach our kids that it’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair¹. He built on this theme a year later in the 2012 State of the Union Address: An America Built to Last.

From the statement above, we understand that President Obama wants American people of every generation to be educated and innovative. This education would usually happen through the school system, including college. This is not sufficient. I think we need to give students, especially teenagers, more practical and moral knowledge in addition to what they learn at school.

There are many new scientific discoveries and achievements in today’s world. To take advantage of these things, people should be prepared with a good education and good moral character. Formal education is not sufficient to help people take advantage of postmodern scientific and technological advancements. Moral education is also needed and can be provided through various informal ways, such as this book.

Many teenagers misuse their personal freedom. They smoke, use marijuana and other drugs, drink alcohol, engage in sexual activity in public place, steal, lie, mistreat public and private property, and so on.

Everyone is very curious and anxious in his or her early teens. At this age, people want to know everything and experiment with everything. Some people try these activities once and don’t experiment with them again. But many people experiment over and over because of the feelings these behaviors create. They create bad habits that they can’t get free