Kid are naive?
Kids now a days are very smart and witty. They must know how everything works. From a simple rubber band to the computer they must know it all. "What is this ?" and "What is that?" both these questions keep going on and on with out any end. One such question was asked by my niece to my aunt.
"Paati kalyanam na enna?"(Grandmother what does wedding mean?).Too big a question for a 3 year old Yazhini. She was all dolled up and brought to a function where all were conversing about a forth coming wedding hence came up the questions. If tiny tots ask how children are born we can stick with the stork story. But what about the meaning for wedding? Well my aunt was wise enough to edit it and weave it into a fairy tale like story.
This is all right. Another smart kind is Laya. Both pretty and smart. She is so full of questions eachl of them totally meaningful and coherennt with the previous. I was amazed and enquired further.
Then her mother told me that she is always full of questions. Most of which is too much for the kid to handle or is too rhetorical to be answered. Laya was told by her mother that modest dressing is very important. In spite of being ardent lovers of Indian film music their parents don't watch too must television for her sake. During their vacation they came to India from the U.S. It happened to be Pongal time hence the idiot box was incessantly on. The songs made in present date are quite bad not something you will feel comfortable seeing with kids or elders alike. Sensuous is alright but most songs are disgusting and loathsome. Laya said"Mom you said that showing the belly button is wrong but they are doing it." What she said is true. Sadly her mother was dumbstruck but had to say something convincing.
Kids today are not exactly naive. It is very tough for the parents to raise children in such a state of conglomerated cultures, individuals and ideas. Kids are attacked on all side by the good and the bad alike. It is up to the parents to impart the mental maturity into kids. Its an uphill task but an important one. Kids are not toys to play around with. They are individuals who are forming views on the society. So lets join hands with them and walk with them to the sunlight. Ensure that it is them who is holding your hand at their will and not the other way. Let them be. They will learn just the way you did may be earlier. So what? We are happy when kids can say rhymes faster then we could say "ma". Then lets cherish this too.
"Paati kalyanam na enna?"(Grandmother what does wedding mean?).Too big a question for a 3 year old Yazhini. She was all dolled up and brought to a function where all were conversing about a forth coming wedding hence came up the questions. If tiny tots ask how children are born we can stick with the stork story. But what about the meaning for wedding? Well my aunt was wise enough to edit it and weave it into a fairy tale like story.
This is all right. Another smart kind is Laya. Both pretty and smart. She is so full of questions eachl of them totally meaningful and coherennt with the previous. I was amazed and enquired further.
Then her mother told me that she is always full of questions. Most of which is too much for the kid to handle or is too rhetorical to be answered. Laya was told by her mother that modest dressing is very important. In spite of being ardent lovers of Indian film music their parents don't watch too must television for her sake. During their vacation they came to India from the U.S. It happened to be Pongal time hence the idiot box was incessantly on. The songs made in present date are quite bad not something you will feel comfortable seeing with kids or elders alike. Sensuous is alright but most songs are disgusting and loathsome. Laya said"Mom you said that showing the belly button is wrong but they are doing it." What she said is true. Sadly her mother was dumbstruck but had to say something convincing.
Kids today are not exactly naive. It is very tough for the parents to raise children in such a state of conglomerated cultures, individuals and ideas. Kids are attacked on all side by the good and the bad alike. It is up to the parents to impart the mental maturity into kids. Its an uphill task but an important one. Kids are not toys to play around with. They are individuals who are forming views on the society. So lets join hands with them and walk with them to the sunlight. Ensure that it is them who is holding your hand at their will and not the other way. Let them be. They will learn just the way you did may be earlier. So what? We are happy when kids can say rhymes faster then we could say "ma". Then lets cherish this too.
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