“You... you
son of an aunty! How could you do that to me?
“I said I am
sorry. You know I didn't mean to. It just happened”
“Just
happened!!! Really that’s what you want to go with! It does not just happen"
“Well, for
me it did. I did not plan it really. I just talked and then bam.”
“Bam... Bam...
BAM. That is how you want to describe it! Bam”
“I am really
sorry man. But you know potty happens!”
“Okay, If
you say so, I want to every little bit of this potty that just happens. Every
little detail. Don't leave anything out.”
“Okay, So I
was searching for things to buy online, like you know the latest diapers etcetera…”
“Yes and!!”
“OKAY, Dude
you need to calm down. I am telling you. Since I was on your computer I saw
someone message you on Facebook. It was her. It was that girl who comes to the
same kinder garden. And I couldn't stop myself. I had to reply and so I said
"Hi".”
“You said
Hi! You said Hi and now she is going to think I am an idiot. You don't just say
hi to someone like that. I mean she is cute. Now she is going to think I am an
idiot.”
“Sorry,
dude! Why don't say something now!”
“Hey, I am
not a two year old kid!”
“But we are
three, big deal!”
This is the kind
of talk we are going to hear if we let children get addicted to the
computer, or should I say Apple products. I mean really, rich people! What do
you think you are doing, giving a child of age five an iPhone? I mean really, you need to keep in touch with your kids every time you send them out either that or you are
just so self-involved that you forget to acknowledge their presence when they
are around you. And when they are gone you suddenly feel guilty.
Or is this
some new show off thing?! Do you go around saying, “Look I bought my child a new
very expensive piece of metal/plastic he has no knowledge about.”
Yes, this is how it sounds. And this has to come from the elite class as most of the other
kids copy what their ‘popular’ friends do. You have got to stop making your
child a product to show to the rest of world. Let him/she be! And try and
preserve their innocence because they are going to turn into desperate teenagers
eventually so why accelerate the process.
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