Watching movies together over weekends has been like a ritual at home. Come Sunday and you would find us enjoying a tubful of popcorn watching a flick together. This Sunday too the scene was no different.
We started off the day with "Welcome". A movie that could hardly welcome our attention (pun intended ;))
Without losing heart, we decided on another movie (Taare Zameen Par, again a new release that we had thought of watching) with a hope that atleast this one would keep us glued to our seats.
It's been a while that I have seen a Bollywood flick and have been left spellbound. This movie is one of its kinds that has stirred my emotions. It has changed my perspective towards life. No doubt, as we take on the burden of adulthood, we often tend to gradually distance ourselves from our children, even our own childhood.
Today's parents are so engrossed in making a future for their child. Every parent wants his/ her child to stand out in the crowd. Are they trying to achieve through their children what they themselves could not achieve due to various reasons? Are they putting too much pressure on their child in achieving something they are not capable of?
Children are GOD's gift to Mankind. HE has gifted each child with unique talent. The responsibility rests on our shoulders to draw out and develop this talent of our child aiming him at the purpose for which he was created.
It is good to instill aims and ambitions in young minds but while doing so do not hamper your child's growth by forcing him to fulfil your dreams. Help your child to expand his horizons and with each passing day you would realise that a little bud has bloomed into a beautiful flower.
Just as Ellen Glasgow said-
"The older I grow, the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give."
- Sanmita
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