Spare the child: Giving space is crucial for balanced growth
The drastic changes that can be noticed in the life of human beings are when he is a child. The beautiful and the most crucial stage of life is the childhood. Love and care can make a child well behaved and well cultured.
TODAY, WE are in the world of transformation where everything is constantly changing. The drastic changes that can be noticed in the life of human beings are when he is a child. The beautiful and the most crucial stage of life is the childhood. Love and care can make a child well behaved and well cultured.
But too much of love and support can deter him from being a sensible human being in the long run of life. But that doesn’t imply that parents have to be strict with their children. Gone are the days when ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’ was the mantra. Now this generation has much more acquaintance with things around as compared to the past generation. It is really complex to understand the new changing scenario because recent situations shows that strictness towards children can lead a child to end his life. With due course of time and the changing mentality of child psychology a number of such cases sited in the media.
In recent times, we find that the number of suicidal deaths in the age group of five to 14 years is increasing day by day setting new records. But the in-depth study reveals that the suicides are increasing not because they are strictly disciplined but due to misunderstanding children and parents or with teachers. Every child is unique and has its own set of ideas. To deal with his or her ideas parents should keep a close eyes on them. If some issue is bothering the child then only they take the extreme step of ending their lives.
The issue may be psychological, emotional, personal or social. It is the parents, who can act as friends in the hour of crisis to the child and reveal what exactly is the matter. Inhumane circumstances like physical abuse by teachers or some close relatives can drag a child to the extreme step. Crisis situations also lead to such drastic actions like the recent suicide in a Kolkata school.
There are no specific methods or rules to control a child from taking the extreme step. Only a friendly approach and proper discussion can work as deterrence in the hour of crisis.
The issue may be psychological, emotional, personal or social. It is the parents, who can act as friends in the hour of crisis to the child and reveal what exactly is the matter. Inhumane circumstances like physical abuse by teachers or some close relatives can drag a child to the extreme step. Crisis situations also lead to such drastic actions like the recent suicide in a Kolkata school.
There are no specific methods or rules to control a child from taking the extreme step. Only a friendly approach and proper discussion can work as deterrence in the hour of crisis.
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