Is it an A or an A+

Well, you guessed it right. I am talking of the grades that define the magnitude of success your child would deserve. I mean really...is it? The kids and parents these days are jostling but all for the wrong reasons.

I remember we used to be super excited knowing that we were going to maternal grandparents' house. These days the kids cry out for Kidzania!
We did be waiting for our cousins to gather during holidays so that we could play and run around each other but today the kids wait for PS4s/Video games!

Is it really a generation difference?? No...its all mind game that we are playing  with none other than ourselves. Yes, we are heading towards a direction where we are teaching our kids to rise and set the sun as per their convenience. I mean, come on, I urge you to let that be a natural process. Let them feel the heat and grow as individuals that adds up to their experience. Do not write the pages of their book, rather, let them be the authors of their own!!

Me: Hey! what's up? Tell me one thing - I always see your child watching something or the other on  phone/tab. What is it?

Parent: Ahh..a routine. You know, my baby has to watch some video or play a game while we feed      him (or in case he takes that effort to eat all by himself).

Routine....really??Hmm (a deep sigh)! My heart goes out for you my dear friend -  your kiddo is definitely not going to be a gadget reviewer when he grows up but yes be prepared to see your prince/princess  in a big , round and thick pair of extra eyes that he would soon wear up!

One interesting conversation (that I initially thought it to be but later realized, damn, I was the speaker) with a family having a kid aged 12 years and me. So it goes like:

Me: Hello, how are you?

Kid: Shy away; Parent: Looks at the kid.

Me: You have  a very shy child 😊. So what are you doing these days, beta?

Kid: Hides behind his mommy.

Me: Looks at the parent (in a state - is anyone going to answer me)

Parent: He is a champ - has won a gold medal in maths quiz, goes for swimming and takes up dance   classes besides being a topper.

Me: Great! Good luck beta.

Kid: Walks off.

Me: Still wondering - where is the child's response to my hello and bye? Leave all the other things I    asked him. As a matter of fact, where is the parent's response to the same.
I still remember my mother would emphasize and ask me to reciprocate to anyone talking to me  and not make the situation weird.

Teach them to be competitive - in a way to evaluate yourself and see if you have learnt anything new and progressed than yesterday.
Teach them the basic course of humanity and civic sense, they will burnish to the advanced course eventually. Stop enforcing advance courses - Watch out!You and your kid are both gulping in the basics.

An A or A+ has never defined and will never ever define the magnitude of success. Agree, there is a lot of competition and we have to stand it but let that be  a healthy one - who can offer help to the unknown, makes people around him feel comfortable. Let them be a reason of smile on others' faces😊.
Give them a bicycle so that they can pave out the way for themselves.

Teach them the importance of relationships and that relations are not meant to reap out the advantages from them. Teach them that the maid working at your place is not just "Bala" or "Jharna". Infact, they need to be called out as "Bala didi" or "Jharna aunty".

This is not something new that am putting up but yes, definitely, it is a recall of the essence that is forgotten and left behind.
Take them along and gear up yourselves for a better world we want to create and leave behind for generations to come!

Happy Parenting!

More than anything i.e. what is my name, what is my religion, what is my caste, where do I belong to, what is my blood group...I feel, the thing that is important is that I am a "Human Being". And being a human, we all have undergone changes in our emotions since the time of our childhood, as vast as sea....rather..as vast as the sky which has no finite limits!

We are born one day after our mother takes that pain, then we give birth to another generation and the chain goes on likewise. For some, the angels are born, for some prince charming is born and for some the supreme power - the Lord has taken birth (i.e. the families think this child has taken birth to get them rid off from all the sorrows and worries and bring them good fortune). So many feelings and emotions are attached. While some people think in this way, there are a bunch of people who never wanted that baby, consider him to have brought misfortunes, consider him a mistake!!

Life is full of crests and troughs..isn't it?? It is of course!! For some people, all is well observed and seen by other people very clearly, while for few, you need to raise the curtain up. All that I mean to say is that the fortunes/misfortunes, good luck and all such things are not related to any child's birth. Rather, he brings with him the joy, the reason to smile, and acts as an energy booster when you are all tired and really want some break!

Let me tell you, not all are that lucky to live up to the feeling of parenthood. Some have it, some adopt it while others simply become happy seeing other parents playing with their child. You get another chance to relive your childhood :). Is not that fortunate enough for us!

Try to be thankful, modest, humble, loving and caring. Words that are often said in aggressive mood cannot be taken back. It just takes a fraction of a second to finish all your relationships but whole life to mend it. Respect and value them before they are lost forever. Parent child relation is one of the purest form of love and care that anyone could have. Many unspoken things are being said and understood by parents ,which, only God has the power to that , but that too after our parents.

It has been rightly said "God cannot be everywhere, so he created mothers". Value them else its too late.