The other side to a story.

Just got back from kissing goodbye to my little nephew (3.5 y.o.) and niece (6 y.o.) at the Chennai International airport. They are adorable, let me tell you that much. Their mamma and dadda decided to move to Oman, Muscat for good. So these two babies are super excited going to a foreign land but on the same hand seeing their mamma cry as she kissed and hugged us, broke their tiny hearts. Children are the embodiment of guilelessness and to see their precious hearts pained and watch pristine tears roll was truly a difficult moment for me.  

Most tears proceed from hurt, others through guilt and few others from pity. But the tears from these two were from an emotion they could not even understand. Such is the heart of children. They did not know what they were missing or the understanding of being away from your extended family is hurtful until their mother introduced the other side of it when she let her cheeks get moist. I don't expect her to be cold or I don't suggest she should have contained her emotions, but the children were the happiest till the moment they witnessed another side to the jolly journey to a foreign land.

I wish the other side of some stories in life are hid to me as well. As much as I am curious to learn and inquisitive about new things, somethings in life are better if not known. To be informed is one thing and to be over informed is another. Living in this time of age, it's scary to not know enough and its disturbing if you know too much. Ignorance is indeed bliss and too much knowledge is certainly dangerous. However I am going to miss these doll faces <3

Innocent Kids are from history

Me: Hello dear! *smiling and waving*

3 year old: *pompously ogles and walks away with oodles of disrespect*

Me: Don't go there, your dad has gone that side *signalling to my left*

3 year old: Turns around *pompously ogles and walks away with oodles of disrespect*

Just after the kid left I was led to think how children are no more synonymous to being sweet, inoffensive or adorable. The world has changed in umpteen ways and from what I've noticed, it has only become a non-livable surrounding as opposed to an ideal way to live as the technologists and bureaucrats call it. I still believe even amidst all the glamour and opulence, people haven't figured the right way to live their lives. Be it kids, toddlers, teenagers, adults and the elderly lot, everyone is in a league of their own. Morals and principles are self created with little or no restriction to what the mind and body wants. There is no compliance to the Almighty or the good inner voice whatsoever.

I know nothing much about parenting or how to bring up a child, but what I know is 'a child is a manifestation of his/her parents in every way'. I see kids who are less than 10 years behaving like pros in whatever they do despite having an understanding of um... uh.. close to nothing! Its good to be confident and go about putting your thoughts into action, but with humility. Its like making dough without adding water to the flour. You know what to do, but you don't know enough. Its a squander.

I didn't choose to write on this topic to give advise or ridicule on parenting. I am surprised by how kids behave in a certain undisciplined, misbehaving and ill-mannered way. My care rests with the thought what will become of these children when they become adults?