A teacher asked her
students in an elementary school what they wished to become when they grew up. There were several answers
such as - a doctor, an engineer, a
teacher, a pilot, an astronaut, a driver, a film-star etc.
One of the students gave a strange
answer. This child told, "I want to be a television!" The teacher
eagerly asked the child why he had such a wish. He told, with tears flowing
from his eyes, "There is no one at home to watch me or care for me. Every
one sits around the television. If there is anything wrong with the TV, they
immediately give great attention and make it right."
The loving teacher met
the child's mother and discussed the issue. The mother said, boastfully, "My
husband is a very busy businessman. He never gets time to look after the
child's affairs." " But what about you?" asked the teacher to
the mother. "What do you know about me? I am the president of the women's
club and we have several important social activities and commitments. I have to
attend our daily meetings and plan our activities." The teacher now
learned why the child felt lonely and abandoned at home.
A busy businessman used
to go away from home early every morning and return only very late at night.
Even when at home, he will be busy with his
computer organizing his business
activities. He did not find time to be with the members of his family. Every day, while leaving home, he used to
give his child some coins as pocket money. The child used to store the money in
his piggy bank. One day, when he said good bye in haste and started to get into his car, the child
held the father's arms and asked him, "Daddy, how much money do you make
in an hour from your business?"
Though surprised, he gave a rough estimate of his income. Then the child
took his piggy bank, broke it open and handed over its contents to his father,
saying, "Daddy, take all the money in this and in return, stay with me for
some time!"
Martin David Buxbaum
(1912-1991), editor of Marriot's "Table Talk", said that success in
parenting is not measured by the expensive gifts and facilities you may provide
to a child:
"But the
measure of your real successIs the one you cannot spend.
It's the way your kids describe you
When they're talking to a friend."
It
is said that in bringing
up children, parents must spend on them half as much money and twice as much time.
Jesse Jackson said, "Your children need your presence more than your
presents." H. Jackson Brown, Jr. said, "Always kiss your
children goodnight - even if they're already asleep."
It is said that God created man in His
image. Then He created the ‘FAMILY’ in the image of heaven. It was the first
and best institution founded by God. The letters in the word, FAMILY may be regarded as representing
the first letters of the words in the statement, “Father And Mother In Love, Year-round” or the hearty remark of a
loving little child, “Father And Mother! I Love You”. Parents should
stand between their child and God - not as a separating wall but as a connecting
link.
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© By Dr.
Babu Philip, Professor, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Fine
Arts Avenue, Kochi-682016, Kerala, India, Prof. Mrs.
Rajamma Babu, Former Professor, St. Dominic's College, Kanjirappally and
Leo. S. John and Neil John, Maniparambil, Ooriyakunnath, Kunnumbhagom,
Kanjirappally, Kottayam-686507, Kerala, India.
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