Parenting - bringing up father - - - :)

Parenting

- - - Seems to be the ‘In thing’ but is not , it has been practiced beautifully & successfully by Kaushalya ( Mother of Lord Rama ) , Devaki ( Mother of lord Krishna ) , Jeeja mata ( Mother of Raja Shivaji ) , Mother Mary ( Mother of Jesus Christ ) , Putlibai ( Mother of Gandhiji ) , Maya ( Mother of Gautam Buddha ), Kunda ( Mother of yours truly )

Like all these gracious parents, I too would like to be a worthy parent and do exercise my right and might to keep my little one in line. It is a tight rope walk one knows , a mixture of stressed vocal cords , pure logic , fear , cajoling , a ice cream here and a belting there.

Now we all know that the children are bolder now a days, they have their own unbeatable logic , logic so good that I had to eat humble pie in coping with it and here goes how - - -

I have always complained that my son has no focus and lack concentration, so I had a habit of reminding him the story of Arjuna and the parrots eye - - - The habit finally broke when this little fellow , looked into my eye and calmly told me - - -

“ Dad you have told me the story a hundred times and I have understood the story a hundred times - - - but then what the hell - - - I simply don’t want to practice it “,

I had no options but to walk away and save face wondering who is parenting whom

- - - so long guys - - - take care of yourself and be good

Rangya