We don’t realize the importance of few things
in our life. We just lead a mechanical life and make our child also mechanical
with gadgets like computer, TV, video games, other compulsory classes and not
to forget the 100% attendance in school.
The child is just running from morning to
evening to school and classes, works like a machine and is locked up in the
flat during the rest of the day with the TV. The child is not left free to
enjoy few things in life like sitting with his friends in the playground, playing
outside, going to cycle riding.
These
activities are really relaxing. I take my son to the orphanage he watches all the children there. Such things
will make him a better person tomorrow and will inculcate few emotions in him
like understanding the other kids feeling, fighting and getting back,
convincing, team work etc. These emotions can’t be learned from machines.
If we blindly set a time and keep
chasing him with books, tuition classes, for him to be competitive with the
world. Yes, definitely he will be a competitive machine than a good human. The
child should be allowed to play and do what he likes to make him understand few
things on his own naturally. Only playing can make him understand.
But in today’s competitive world
nobody cares for the child’s feeling. We take it granted that the child should
listen to the parents and keep his rank constant in the school. Nowdays the
schools are also so far and the child has to travel and come back like the way
elders work and commute everyday.
The
child leaves home at 7.30 am and comes back at 4.00 pm and then tuition,
classes like swimming, boxing, singing, dancing etc whatever the parents wish
no matter what the child likes. I have seen in many classes the child is not
even interested and cries to parents and parents push him to the master. We can
see lots of such dramas at the classes. After completing all this you can see
the child sleeping tiredly in sofa/ bed wherever he gets space. I seriously
pity the child going through all these things in such a young age. The
competitive world has made the kid to go through all this and the child gets no
option.
I request the parents not to tire
your child too much everyday and let him have time for some creativity and
playing on his own. Let him have some time for his wish too. The parents should
just guide and suggest/ correct his path but not enforce things on that little
mind. He is new to this wonderful world let him see the world and its nature in
his own beautiful way. Let this God’s gift in every house enjoy the life. Allow
him to touch the sand, tree whatever he feels like. Don’t enforce too much of
your hygiene factor on the child. Let him leave in his little fancy thoughts
and world everyday. Look into his world its beautiful let him enjoy.
I am sure he will be a great
genius one day with the freedom given to him.
