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We need to listen to our children, really pay attention to what they are not saying, to be really able to understand them. A poem.
Our children…our youth, let’s talk to them and listen ‘more’.
Outer behaviour is all, we try to ‘cure’;
There’s more behind , … we need to ‘explore’ .
Let them cry, laugh and express, all they want to ‘pour’;
As caregivers and mentors, … we must never close any ‘door’.
We are by their side, for them to share ‘more’;
And of this, let them be very ‘sure’.
This alone, can help their present and future,
Become safe and ‘secure’!
Our children … our youth, let’s talk to them and listen ‘more’.
There’s enough in this world, that tries to ‘ allure’…
Even the more ‘mature’…
Every mistake can be made good, please do ‘reassure’!
Our children… our youth, let’s talk to them and listen ‘more’.
What they become to impress others, is fashion no ‘more’.
What lies within and ‘pure’…
Is the true wealth, they need to ‘insure’.
An exam or contest…, whatever they ‘score’;
Happiness lies right where they are, and not elsewhere to ‘adore’.
Our children… our youth, let’s talk to them and listen ‘more’
It can be fun, but not a joke ‘anymore’;
Let this be real, and not a ‘folklore’…
Our children … our youth, let’s talk to them and listen ‘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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