Are We to Blame..??

                       Are We to Blame..??           

Youth of this country is perpetually hounded on a vast array of issues ranging from impudence and insolence to unsociability to lack of maturity and the list is endless.Individuals who don’t even know the meaning of ‘facing’ the world are expected to be the epitome of a Perfect Adult!So today I raise the fundamental question “Are we to blame?”

Are we to be blamed for being inept in managing our expenses when right since childhood,all it took was a mere request to our dad to fulfill all our needs. Are we to be blamed for being ignorant of how the country is governed when politics has always been projected as a Devil’s House not worth entering.And with practically no say in the electoral process till the age of 18,why would would anyone even care about what goes on! Are we to be blamed for being sneered at in academic circles when our intellectual prowess is limited to bookish knowledge as our education system,right from primary level,gives absolutely no importance to practical skill development. Are we to  be blamed for not being sports aficionados when parents expect their children only to be doctors and engineers and constantly censure them with ludicrous proverbs like-

  “Kheloge kudoge hoge kharab,padhoge likhoge banoge nawab.”

Are we to  be blamed for being uncomfortable at social gatherings and family functions when most of us are brought up in nuclear families with little or no interaction with the relatives we meet at such gatherings.Obviously we are unaware of the protocols and end up being reticent thus projecting the image of being reclusive if not arrogant. Are we to be blamed for being rude and argumentative when parents themselves fight before the young impressionable minds of their wards.A child imbibes the values-both good and bad from its parents.Hence extra care on the part of parents coupled with dealing such issues with utmost care,calm and compassion is the only way even if there is one.

We need to understand that children are made to live in a bubble with all their needs catered to and with little to no experience of facing the harsh realities of this big bad world.Only when they are involved in the daily household struggles,when they have tasted chocolate pie with calibrated doses of a bitter medicine,when they have witnessed the hardships outside the comfortable cocoons their parents build for them will they be able to grow up into citizens of substance ready to face the world head on.!!