As I sat in a queue, waiting for my turn, a lady sitting next to me caught my attention. Her angelic daughter had perhaps gotten restless and wanted to run around. Well, she got a piece (-a peace byte) of her mother's mind. The daughter's possible thought bubble - "All this while I was quiet, mom didn't say- very good. Why now?"
At the supermarket, the naughty-eyed fella was following his mom-dad who seemed engrossed in their grocery-ial conversation all the while. Suddenly, "Mum, can I have this chocolate?" asked the fella. "Now, don't you trouble me like this. I'll leave you alone at home next time and you wouldn't want that. Would you?" roared the mom mid-way through the pathway stocking cookies and chocolates on either side.
How would have those ladies felt if for dayssss nobody ever said an appreciative word about their cooking, but if on a given day, the salt or spices were wee bit not right......."I really don't know why you had to spoil it today only when I'm so tired and was looking forward to a fulfilling dinner and a good night's sleep," courtesy, their better halves???
How would the girl or the boy behave the next time around? Perhaps, become immune and throw a bigger tantrum the next time round. Or the retaliation of the lovely lady-like cooks - what would that be like? I shudder to imagine.
Hmmmm..... Children teach us a significant reality and the rule of life - Action and reaction, cause and effect.
No child is born stubborn or rude or whatever. We give them the shape that they take. As moms, dads, aunts, brothers and so on; as elders we tend to get irritable and our luggage of another trip of the day gets dumped on to the younger ones, perhaps unconsciously many a times. By the time we realize and that too not how it all started, but that the kid seems to be heading on the wrong track, the damage is done. Thereafter, begins a greater struggle to set it right.
Not all of us are off target and neither are we so all the time. However, the tiny fissures at times can translate into a bigger crack for the kid, even if for that moment. It's not about sparing the rod and spoiling the young ones; but about giving a dog a good name and rest assured, s/he will live up to it. Yes, in today's tech-friendly and tech-crazy age where all kinds of data can go through a child's psyche unfiltered, one has to have the antennae up and even disrupt the transmission if need be.
Who says being a parent is an easy job? It's walking a tight rope running atop the Niagara Falls and enjoying the thrilling experience.... Being a pressure-cooker which cannot possibly let off it's steam easily.
Hats off to the brave hearts who literally toil zealously for years so that the seeds grow into a humble fruit-bearing tree!
Happy Mother's Day!!
At the supermarket, the naughty-eyed fella was following his mom-dad who seemed engrossed in their grocery-ial conversation all the while. Suddenly, "Mum, can I have this chocolate?" asked the fella. "Now, don't you trouble me like this. I'll leave you alone at home next time and you wouldn't want that. Would you?" roared the mom mid-way through the pathway stocking cookies and chocolates on either side.
How would have those ladies felt if for dayssss nobody ever said an appreciative word about their cooking, but if on a given day, the salt or spices were wee bit not right......."I really don't know why you had to spoil it today only when I'm so tired and was looking forward to a fulfilling dinner and a good night's sleep," courtesy, their better halves???
How would the girl or the boy behave the next time around? Perhaps, become immune and throw a bigger tantrum the next time round. Or the retaliation of the lovely lady-like cooks - what would that be like? I shudder to imagine.
Hmmmm..... Children teach us a significant reality and the rule of life - Action and reaction, cause and effect.
No child is born stubborn or rude or whatever. We give them the shape that they take. As moms, dads, aunts, brothers and so on; as elders we tend to get irritable and our luggage of another trip of the day gets dumped on to the younger ones, perhaps unconsciously many a times. By the time we realize and that too not how it all started, but that the kid seems to be heading on the wrong track, the damage is done. Thereafter, begins a greater struggle to set it right.
Not all of us are off target and neither are we so all the time. However, the tiny fissures at times can translate into a bigger crack for the kid, even if for that moment. It's not about sparing the rod and spoiling the young ones; but about giving a dog a good name and rest assured, s/he will live up to it. Yes, in today's tech-friendly and tech-crazy age where all kinds of data can go through a child's psyche unfiltered, one has to have the antennae up and even disrupt the transmission if need be.
Who says being a parent is an easy job? It's walking a tight rope running atop the Niagara Falls and enjoying the thrilling experience.... Being a pressure-cooker which cannot possibly let off it's steam easily.
Hats off to the brave hearts who literally toil zealously for years so that the seeds grow into a humble fruit-bearing tree!
Happy Mother's Day!!
