The Upbringing
It makes me think the worth of being brought up well. A parent’s duty, an orphan’s necessity. Even children born are deprived of it. Is it just material wealth, food, shelter, clothes-I wonder. I ponder over those giving birth to children, but have failed in their duties to give them the right kind of upbringing.
Parents are over concerned about their children, and why not, after all their parents. Over protective and will do whatever they can, even yield to their stubbornness. But yet devoid of that love and understanding. I have come across my pals who have been forced to take up careers and marry the person of their parent’s choice. Parents have failed to understand that they try to fulfill their incomplete needs, which they haven’t been able to achieve in their life and now do so through their children. A child’s needs, aspirations, abilities and interests are killed. They suffer from depression and succumb to addictions where they seek love and attention.
A child is broken like a toy, when his emotions are played with. His thoughts, words, and actions are overlooked; too late to get his mistakes corrected. The parents to be blamed. They are unable to instill confidence in him, and condemn the child of betrayal. It happens when too much importance is given to one child or when he is completely neglected. A child needs wholesome nourishment-a balance of physical, mental, psychological, social, spiritual and career growth and simultaneously being an inspiration to those he comes across.
Children need to be the message of peace, and not of destruction. A reason of hope, and not a cause of sorrow to people. We have all come into this world to spread the word of truth and being catalysts of growth to those we come across in life. Upbringing is a mission yes, even better with a vision. I doesn’t necessarily mean success that is measurable, but a sense of pride for parents that their child has lived up to their upbringing. It’s about reaching beyond expectations, that their child has been a beacon of change, simple, humble and a life less than the ordinary. The “upbringing” that means “a child has been born again”. A reverse statement: an upbringing that has given birth to a star, a star that never loses its shine.
Parents are over concerned about their children, and why not, after all their parents. Over protective and will do whatever they can, even yield to their stubbornness. But yet devoid of that love and understanding. I have come across my pals who have been forced to take up careers and marry the person of their parent’s choice. Parents have failed to understand that they try to fulfill their incomplete needs, which they haven’t been able to achieve in their life and now do so through their children. A child’s needs, aspirations, abilities and interests are killed. They suffer from depression and succumb to addictions where they seek love and attention.
A child is broken like a toy, when his emotions are played with. His thoughts, words, and actions are overlooked; too late to get his mistakes corrected. The parents to be blamed. They are unable to instill confidence in him, and condemn the child of betrayal. It happens when too much importance is given to one child or when he is completely neglected. A child needs wholesome nourishment-a balance of physical, mental, psychological, social, spiritual and career growth and simultaneously being an inspiration to those he comes across.
Children need to be the message of peace, and not of destruction. A reason of hope, and not a cause of sorrow to people. We have all come into this world to spread the word of truth and being catalysts of growth to those we come across in life. Upbringing is a mission yes, even better with a vision. I doesn’t necessarily mean success that is measurable, but a sense of pride for parents that their child has lived up to their upbringing. It’s about reaching beyond expectations, that their child has been a beacon of change, simple, humble and a life less than the ordinary. The “upbringing” that means “a child has been born again”. A reverse statement: an upbringing that has given birth to a star, a star that never loses its shine.
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