I have personally observed over the past decade that the approach and life style of youth has undergone unexpected transformation during this period.

On the one side, youth is very much awake and aware of all the activities (whether at personal, social, political, financial or economic) going around them and are very smart and confident regarding their personal goals and what they want to attain in life. But on the other side, which is darker aspect of this picture is that with the increasing trend of modern fashion (specially the attire worn by TV and Film Stars) to copy their favorite star’s stunts or dressing sense, youth’s imitation action leads to his/her untimely death and become stubborn to achieve what they want and this leads to excess expenses for the parents, which imbalances their budget further leading to financial crisis in the family over time.

It has been observed of late that youth commit suicide after failing in their 10th/+2 Exams owing to the fear of being beaten up by their parents at home for letting them down in the society.

Here, I would also like to say that parents should also realize that every child is special and they should not over burden them with their personal and huge expectations of becoming what they could not become in their own life (For e.g., Doctor, Engineer, an MBA, Economist, IPS, IAS etc)? This is what was shown in the famous Aamir Khan movie “Taare Zameen Par”. Parents should behave like friends with their wards and not like a typical stubborn parent.

Every child has some interest like painting, cricket, music, football, chess etc, and parents should encourage their child to march forward in this direction but they should also implant in the minds of their wards that education is also must in their life because it is the education which makes us well mannered, well cultured, decent and intellectual person. What I want to say that both the things should go parallel to each other.

Today there’s a flood of reality shows on various channels on TV and under age children are also actively participating in the. Okay its fine, go participate but also remember that “Education make you a man of substance. These TV Channels are exploiting our (underage) children who are crazy to be seen on TV for the sake of their revenue and to raise the TRPs of their respective channels”.

So, my only request before our children is that always remember that life is not any Audio Cassette or VCD which you can rewind life marches on with every moment which we live. Don’t waste your indispensable time; we can never rewind or relive even a single moment of our life. Think wisely and carefully chose between education, interest and the craze of being seen on TV or participating in Reality shows. The Almighty has given us head right at the top of our body; why not anywhere else - say either at the bottom or to the left or right side of our body. That is because He wants to tell us that when it comes to arriving at any major decision in life we should think from our head and not from our heart.

Here you may be wondering on whose side am I? Whether am I favoring kids or am I favoring their parents? Actually I am on the neutral ground. What I want to say that it’s our foremost duty to implant solid and good cultural and moral values among our children so that they may develop into person of character and substance tomorrow; that they may become able to take their own decisions when it comes to making a choice between career and interest or craze of participating in various reality show on TV and should be allowed to march forward in this direction if they can strike a balance between the two. Children should always remember that in life we get many chances and opportunities but God has given this human birth only once and we should make it shine like a diamond and not like imitation jewellery.

So my final word to parents before signing off is do not be rude and rough towards your children and spend quality time with your children. I would especially like to request all mothers that please don’t be crazy for your daily soaps by instructing your kid that don’t disturb me by asking any academic questions while I am watching my favorite soap.

These serials will come again on TV sooner or later but once your kid starts to feel neglected and all alone in this world then he/she will become violent and you will lose him/her forever because even if you would do something good for them, they will never be happy with and from you. 

So my dear friends, lead a disciplined life before your kids like fixing time for TV viewing (9:00PM-10:30 PM), studying (6:00PM – 9:00 PM), sleeping (10:30 PM) etc Always remember that kids imitate their parents sooner or later and its parents who are their idols or heroes and heroines of their life so present a good example of becoming a good parent and person before your kid so that tomorrow they may themselves develop into person of character and substance.

Do remember that good manners and discipline helps to great extent in making a strong nation and it all starts from home for home is considered to be the 1st school of a child and it is we who finally constitute a nation and the entire world and the opposite is not true.