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NO!

|| पालकत्वम || 

(Paalakatvam)

A parent education initiative by BMS

 

Article No. 1


 Ever noticed…

…while your eyes are gazing at the screen of your phone, the little footsteps approaching to greet you gleefully in the morning. How do you react? Ignore? Break your so called meditation? In your mind shout ‘NO’!

…when you are engrossed in an ‘intense wassap’ chat with a friend and you little child comes and grabs your phone. Your instant reaction is ‘NO’!

…In the rush of your morning duties, while you are rolling chapatis, when there’s just 10 minutes left for the school van to arrive, and your child comes enthusiastically asking to roll them with you. Your instant reaction is ‘NO’!

…scribbles in your office book, and you scream ‘NO’!

Can we count the number of NOs we tell our child everyday?


Have we ever thought of how we are massacring the curiosity of our child?

A certain list of prohibited acts for a child is imperative, but is there a way we can swerve his/her attention and hook it onto a positive that he/she CAN do?


Have we realized that the ‘NO’ implies shutting all the doors of exploration?

That repeated  ‘NO’ can either lead to dullness, lesser confident individuals, or gregarious rebels?

And most likely our child will rebel towards the activity which we want to actually make the very goal of our lives.

On the other hand, how do we discipline?

… this will be discussed in the next article.


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