Did we ever give our child a target of 35%, or being an average child? Did our parents do so?
Most of us didn’t go through this or didn’t do so.
It is a paradox that while we want our child to excel in all the subjects, score above 60 or 70 mandatorily, participate in co-curricular activities, as adults we aim at just being average in performances in our organization.We expect without reciprocation.We want people to be driving us.We don’t want to take our responsibilities.We want to say we know it all.But we want to do just what is required and nothing beyond that. We fear we will be asked to do much more. The reason we give to ourselves and others is work – family balance being distorted. And at home we portray our jobs eat up all our time. Isn’t the child’s study- family balance disturbed when we expect him only to study. So if that could be balanced, why cant we balance this too.
We expect to do as less work as possible with utmost glorification, and maximun financial gain. Where did we adopt these shorcuts? In which phase of our life and why are we stuck there? Why did less become more when it came to efforts and why did more become less when it came to gains?
-Sucheta Gour
