Today having a baby is a huge affair. From the websites which update you
about the weekly progress of your little one growing inside you to the maternity
photo shoots. Having a child is a decision to make and not a natural
process for a married couple unlike before. So it is celebrated in a
fancy kind of way. Once you know you are going to have a baby, the
celebration begins with the way you tell your
parents, cousins, friends and relatives, followed by continuous
debates and discussions with your friends who are pregnant along with
you. Then comes the grand photo shoot where you pose with your husband
and make memories for a lifetime. This has all become a step by step process that most of us follow. But the
question is do we celebrate parenting as much as we celebrate being
pregnant? Do all of us understand what parenting really means? I am no god but I
am a mother and I have my mind in place.What hurts my heart
terribly is that being a parent is taken so lightly. "Kya farak padta hai?!"
are the most dangerous words a parent can utter and it is spoken too often.
A sensible parent should be able to teach his/her child basic keys to living a healthy and harmonious life. But sadly, parenting is reduced to clicking selfies with your child with a pout!
Important habits that have to be imbibed in the child from the age of two to three years old are conveniently ignored. I see parents throwing garbage on the road, a father spitting his lungs out in front of his son in a park, kids wasting water like they are capable to create it themselves. Just today morning I saw a girl holding a big piece of thermacol and littering the garden of the complex. What was shocking was her mother was right beside her busy chatting with a friend. I become speechless and feel a sense of shame that we Indians are such ignorant parents. We do not care about our surroundings and so fail to make our kids understand the same.
My five -year-old keeps questioning me when he sees waste being thrown on the road and I tell him that even if others do it he should not. I also tell him that he is free to politely tell people doing wrong to do right. here should be a license to parenting. Parent's capability to not just produce a baby but their sensibility to bring up their child should be screened. Only then will India will see a bright and clean future.
A sensible parent should be able to teach his/her child basic keys to living a healthy and harmonious life. But sadly, parenting is reduced to clicking selfies with your child with a pout!
Important habits that have to be imbibed in the child from the age of two to three years old are conveniently ignored. I see parents throwing garbage on the road, a father spitting his lungs out in front of his son in a park, kids wasting water like they are capable to create it themselves. Just today morning I saw a girl holding a big piece of thermacol and littering the garden of the complex. What was shocking was her mother was right beside her busy chatting with a friend. I become speechless and feel a sense of shame that we Indians are such ignorant parents. We do not care about our surroundings and so fail to make our kids understand the same.
My five -year-old keeps questioning me when he sees waste being thrown on the road and I tell him that even if others do it he should not. I also tell him that he is free to politely tell people doing wrong to do right. here should be a license to parenting. Parent's capability to not just produce a baby but their sensibility to bring up their child should be screened. Only then will India will see a bright and clean future.
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