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"Remember to Pay *R.E.N.T* to your parents"
Published: Jul 8th, 2021 09:32 pmI know you must be wondering What i mean by R.E.N.T. Let me help you understand by sharing an interesting story with you ... READ ON.
A very distressed neighbour shared that he had driven home after
a long day at work. As he entered, he saw his wife in bed with fever. She had
laid out his dinner on a tray.
Everything was there just as he wanted it. The dal, vegetables,
salad, green chutney, papad and pickles... “How caring," he thought, “Even
when she is unwell, she finds the strength to do everything for me.”
As he sat down to eat, he realised that something was missing.
He looked up at his grown-up daughter who was watching TV and said, “Beta (child), can you get me
my medicine and a glass of water, please?" She
rolled up her eyeballs to show her displeasure at being disturbed, but did the
favour nevertheless.
A minute later he realised that salt was missing in the dal. He
said, “Sorry beta, can you please get me
some salt?"She said, “Ufff!" and got the salt but her
stomping shoes made it clear that she did not appreciate the disruption.
A few minutes later he said, She banged the TV
remote on the table and said, “What is it now Dad? How many times will you make me get up?
I too am tired; I had a long day at work!"The man said, Silence
prevailed. The man got up and placed the dishes in the kitchen sink and quietly
wiped the tear escaping his eye.
My heart wept... I often wonder, “Why is it that the youngsters of the
so-called modern world behave like this? Have we given them too much freedom to
express? Have we failed to discipline and give them the right values?”.
“Is it
right to treat children as friends?” Think of it this way, they
have lots of friends. But they have only one set of parents. If they don't do
'parenting', who will?
Today the “self-esteem” of even a new born or an infant is being
talked about; but what about the self-esteem of the parents? Are they supposed
to just fan the egos of their children, while the children don't care two hoots
about theirs?
Often parents say, “Aajkal ke bachhe sunte kahaan hain (Where will you find obedient
children in these times)?”The other day, we were at a dinner party. All the seats were
occupied except for one bean bag. One of our fifty-something friends told his
teenaged daughter to move to the bean bag, so that he could sit on the high
back chair she occupied.
She said, “Why can't you sit on the bean bag?”Later as everyone was taking leave of the host, the same guy
realised that he had left his car keys inside. He asked his daughter to go and
get them.“Why can’t you go
and get them yourself? I am not your maid!"
I looked away in disgust and disbelief. The poor guy had no
option but to make light of the situation saying, “Ya, Ya, but Daddy is your
eternal servant my princess!"
He went inside to
fetch the car keys.
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This is
what our social behaviour has become! Why? Have we failed in bringing up our
'modern' kids?
Remember,If we need to teach children about self-respect,
self-esteem and self-confidence, we also need to tell them…that howsoever big and rich and famous
they may be, their parents shall always be their parents… children can never be
their equals, let alone be their bosses!
Remember
to Pay your parents - *R.E.N.T*Give Respect,Empathy, Niceness,
and Time !
I ALLWAYS
ADVISE PARENTS TO BE PARENTS AND NOT FRIENDSYour kids can have n
number of friends but have only ONE set of parents. So don't be afraid to set
rules and make the children obey them.
Sourse: The Mr.Narayana Murthy:
founder of INFOSYS.
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