MOM Diaries...


Kids! Oh! they are such a joy and attention seekers... I feel at times that motherhood is indeed precarious. Finding myself in situations and times when i start pondering about the entire learning and unlearning we have been taught as kids. My two year old lad loves playing kitchen sets and dolls with girls as much as he is fond of cars and cricket bats. Many a times people say "boys dont play with dolls, you should not let him do that." I am quite undecided on this facet. Why should i stop him? He is copying what he sees around him and if he cooks or cleans when he grows up emulating the same things then he would be no less a man. 
The fact that he befriends little girls quickly rather than the boys amuses us parents and whosoever gets to know this. Maybe that is the effect of growing up with girls. However what sets me thinking is that whether i had been equally amused at this leaning of my daughter had i been blessed with one? And moreover would i revel in the fact that she is friendlier towards boys rather than girls. Going by the regular news coverage of our society that is sick with the rape epidemic i am a nervous wreck at this thought. I see myself being dubious in my own eyes, with different sets of rules for boys and girls. 
Though some people would feel that 2 years is too small an age and i am being nasty judging babies at this age when they are just bundles of cuteness. But such thoughts have been fermented into our brains through the very society we are living in and are a part of. Babies learn the most upto 5 years of their age,as that is when their brain develops the most, as per scientific findings. Whatever mannerisms we teach them today would lay the foundation stone for the generations to come, which is a universally agreed fact. There was an article recently in a leading newspaper that stated that mothers can play the greatest role in curbing terrorism in the world. Why dont we start from our very own homes, letting go of stereotyping games and behavior among kids and grown ups adamant on molding impressionable minds with prejudices...

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