It is interesting how parents teach kids to hate and despise anything that hurt them... Rather than reason out that this too is a part of life. What say?
While I waited for by delayed flight back home, I saw a child - 2 or 3 years old, whose legs got stuck in the chair. The kid was shocked and screeched aloud. The parents released the kid from where he was stuck. Immediately the mother mockingly hit the chair for hurting her child. This miraculously stopped the the kid from crying
What I think happened here:
- 3 year old kid personified the chair that entangled his legs
- The parents knew that it wasn't pain that the kid howling, but just shock...
- The parent beat the chair, and the kid calmed down.
- The kid slapped the chair a couple of times as well. End of story!
Was it an act of doing anything, something to distract the kid from howling? Am sure my folks did the same.
I know its a random incident, but I know so many of my friends who are new-age parents who put in such thought in every act, every word they utter in the presence of their kids. All this to shape the kid's personality.
Thinking back now, it seems like I grew up rather carefree, my parents sent me to a decent school, ensured I got through 10th grade. They followed on and off up till I finished my graduation. They didn't try to mould me so much, or did they in a indiscreet manner? I am not sure about...
Today, turning 30 - I realise I am domesticated. I have a will of my own but I know I am considerate to my family and friends, yet I maintain to do things I like to do. If I am not doing something, it's what I believe I haven't worked at, though I might blame my parents for it, for the sake of it.
Aaah... There! Maybe its because the chair was blamed when I was monkeying around in public, instead of behaving myself...
