If I were given just one opportunity to say something to the whole world, my message would be simple:

Tell your children to read books.

Not more gadgets.
Not more short videos.
Not more scrolling.

Just books.

We are raising a generation surrounded by screens, reels, and endless scrolling. These things are designed to keep us entertained for seconds, not to help us grow for a lifetime. They are made to hold attention, not to build attention. They give pleasure, not perspective.

And slowly, without realizing it, our minds are forgetting how to be still.

Our brains are designed to grow. To imagine. To reflect. To think deeply. But constant digital distractions interrupt this natural process. The mind keeps jumping, never resting long enough to understand, to question, or to expand.

Books do the opposite.

When a child reads a book, something powerful happens inside the mind.

The brain slows down
Focus returns
Imagination awakens
Thoughts become deeper
Perspective becomes wider

Reading is not just a hobby. It is mental training.

A child who reads regularly learns how to sit with their thoughts. They learn patience. They learn discipline. They learn how to understand the world from more than one point of view.

Because books do something magical.

They show you that there is never just one way to see anything.

When we do not read, we look at life from a single perspective. A single understanding. A single way of thinking. But when we read, our mind is exposed to hundreds of perspectives, ideas, emotions, cultures, and possibilities.

And that is how leaders are made.

Not through scrolling.
Not through watching.
But through thinking.

Books freeze the mind for a little while. And today, that pause is exactly what we need. In that stillness, the mind relaxes. It repairs itself. It becomes calm. It becomes creative. It becomes wise.

Reading teaches children how to be alone without feeling lonely.
How to think without being told what to think.
How to grow without even realizing they are growing.

This is not about education alone. This is about shaping minds.

A child who reads becomes an adult who understands.

An adult who understands becomes a person who leads.

So if there is one gift you can give your children that will stay with them forever, give them the habit of reading.

Because books do not just fill the mind.

They build it.