My Book About God — Page 48
48 He said that he wanted to have a word in his mother’s ear. So when his mother went near him, instead of say- ing something in her ear, he bit her ear very hard, almost severing her ear. People rebuked him for yet another hei- nous crime. People asked him the reason for his action. He said that his mother was to blame for his bad actions as she never tried to correct his behaviour or punish him for his misconduct when he was a child. She shut her eyes to his earlier crimes and thus practically encouraged him to commit further crimes. The people, who were present there, were amazed to hear his answer. Had the mother of that boy acted wisely and not shown kindness and love to her child excessively, and