We do many things out of being misguided.
One of the most tragic ones is living through your children. Life often fails
to give you what you want. That is sad. But for you to force your children to
take the path you wanted to is definitely an injustice to them. Ambitions
cannot be imposed upon anyone externally. Besides, that was your life. This is
theirs.
Ironically, we repeat what our parents did
to us that are, not letting the kids have the freedom to choose, to make
independent but informed decisions.
Children who are bulldozed into deviating
from their desired goals are often angry and frustrated later in life, likewise
with children trying to wreak vengeance on behalf of their parents or loved
ones.
It is our duty to guide our kids alright,
but not coerce them and on no account, to make them into anything but wholesome
individuals.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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