One fine morning, I saw a little girl walking along with her parents. The face of a child often glows as bright as broad day light. But this child seemed to have lost all her charm. I could see her parents scolding her for something that she might have done. Her eyes struggled hard to conceal the tears of despair, the reason for which was unknown to me.
She then tried to hold her Father’s hands as they were walking but he refused to hold her. She then moved towards her Mother to see if she would hold it. But she refused too! Her feet were trembling with fear of losing them in the crowd. She could hardly match their speed but still she vigilantly followed them without any choice.
As she was walking in haste, she glanced at a bunch of peacock feathers held by a man who was trying hard to sell them to children. Her eyes began to smile upon looking at the peacock feather. For a moment she forgot about the tears that the eyes contained sometime back. She slowed down and began gazing at those feathers again. Some children were holding the feathers in their hand happily and it was so tempting for the little girl to resist. She turned around to look for her parents to get them for her. But she lost sight of them. They had walked too far. She had to run to reach them. She caught her Father’s hands again and requested him to get those feathers for her. But he angrily shouted at her reminding her of the anger they both still had over her. How innocent of her to have forgotten everything on the very look of some peacock feathers! Wasn’t her heart as soft as the feathers of the peacock?
The parents of the little girl sat in a food court where she too sat innocently obeying their orders. The Mom played the lead role in ordering some food. The girl raised her voice to her Mother asking for a particular dish which was denied by her parents for reasons known only to them. Perhaps they reminded her again of the anger they still had over her. The food arrived quickly and the little girl was asked to eat in the speed matching her parents’. Her immature hands and untrained fingers were ruthlessly coerced and put to massive work much beyond her ability. But does she have a choice?
Sometimes children outgrow parents and parents become children – immature and silly. They fight with their own kids lowering them to their level. Probably they are not aware when they should lower themselves to think like them. What crime is a young child capable of doing? How long will they harbour ill-feelings towards their own kids? The angelic face of the young girl seemed to carry heavy burden for her age. She also appeared to be responsible to handle the temper tantrums thrown by grown-ups. My findinds are thus - Kids are accommodative enough to accept such heartless and naïve parents that they become grown-ups much faster than what they appear.
5 comments:
Dear Latha,
You have rightly addressed the issue. And your findings are true. As you said, it seems children are supposed to understand the temper tantrums of the parents and not vice versa.
I am concerned about the parents leaving the child behind them in an irresponsible way as you had mentioned, whatever be the reason. After watching films like 'Naan Kadavul', I could not think of anything else than protecting the little ones from the evil minds.
There are so many out in the world who cry every minute for a baby in their lives. There are many who struggle hard with mentally challenged children and you can imagine what their lives could be. There are so many who have to cope with the physical incapabilities of their children.
Yet, children who speak, hear, think, feel and emote normally are not understood properly by the parents. Probably they don't realise how fortunate and blessed they are!
Did I deviate from the topic?
With love,
Padmaja
Dear Padmaja
Well, you have not deviated from the topic. I too am trying to say the same thing in a different way. The value of a child will be well known only by people who crave for one. Most of the parents do not realise their child's worth.
Thanks for your comments.
Dear Latha,
Very Good article ann you have beautifully expressed the feeling of a child.
The children who are all brought up in this way with supressed feelings will actually be psychos(I have gone through the other article first) and in future these children will be the part of the same society.
Pity on them!!!!!
Dear Prakashika
You are right. Such children are likely to suffer from mental disorders. But such experiences can also mould them into wise thinkers.
heart touching article
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