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With their innocence and simplicity, children teach us a lot. Read on to know how this mother learnt five important lessons from her five year old.
Learning comes from all quarters and it’s surprising how much we can actually learn from our little ones. They test our patience, drive us crazy, entertain us, make us laugh and at the same time open our eyes to perspectives difficult to imagine coming from such young and innocent minds. Here are 5 simple life lessons my 5 year old taught me:
When a very close family member was unwell, my son was a little rattled. He had always seen her bouncing around full of energy, vibrant, strong and inspiring and could not understand why she was lying on the bed. When I explained she is unwell he went up to her, kissed her forehead and gave a nice hug. His innocent mind probably didn’t have the words to express but his gesture said it all.
My son lost his first milk tooth recently. He looked into the mirror and was taken aback at his appearance. Slightly worried whether it will come back, what would fill that hole or how he would eat. Coincidentally, the same week, his 9 month old sister sprouted her first milk tooth. When my son was asked in school where his tooth went, he confidently replied “I gave it to my little sister!” A delightful way of expressing “What goes around comes around”.
I had applied a face pack – a hideous charcoal black colour. My son noticed and asked what it was. I replied “It’s a face pack for mamma’s skin”. He promptly replied “But mamma is already so pretty!” His words warmed my heart and I gave him a tight hug without waiting for the pack to dry. It reminded me how children don’t care about appearances but can see through to the core of a person.
My mom was teaching my son a few lines she read on how God is always with us, and hence, we don’t need to fear anything. While they were talking, a loud noise in the adjoining room startled them. My son, realizing that it was a drill machine, told my mom, “Nani don’t get scared, I’m with you and so is God!”
Our building watchman is not too friendly and rarely helps out. I also ignore him and avoid interaction. But my son is very affectionate and woos everyone with his charming smile. My son smiled even at this grumpy watchman, every day irrespective of whether the watchman responded or not. One day my son slipped in a puddle of water and I rushed towards him. Before I could reach him, this watchman rushed to help him and helped clean him up while grinning widely at my son’s babble.
Children truly reflect God’s own heart which is uncomplicated, pure and only knows love. If only, we could let them grow up without ever changing that.
I would love to hear about your thoughts and learnings from your little ones.
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First published here.
Prerna Wahi worked in the corporate world for 7 years. In the past few years, she has been a stay-at-home mom. She has been enjoying the new role ever since and likes to read more...
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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