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Reema had just come back from work and as all Mondays go, this too didn’t go that well. The students were less co-operative, more in the holiday mood and nobody seemed to want to do their homework!
She snuck a little quiet time between her two lectures and enjoyed a game of subway surfer. She was finally through to the next level. That was the highlight of the day!
There was some homework left to check and so she took it home.
She sat down for work after dinner. Gaurav her husband was strolling around in the hall with his smart phone in hand. She knew his routine, and was sure that he was on a quest to clear the 6oo something level of candy crush – his favourite game.
Ten minutes into her work, Reema started crying. Gaurav was surprised to see her breakdown like that. He asked, “Why are you crying dear? What happened?”
Reema replied, “Yesterday I had asked my 1st standard students to write a few lines on ‘My wish’.” And she started sobbing again. “This one kids’ essay made me cry. It was so heart-breaking. Listen…” And she narrated the essay. It read like this.
My wish is to become a smart phone.
My parents love smart phone very much.
They care about smart phone so much that sometimes they forget to care for me.
When my father comes from office, he is tired and yet he has time for smart phone but not for me.
When my parents are doing some important work and smart phone is ringing, within single ring they attend the phone, but not me.
They play games on their smart phones but not with me.
When they are talking to someone on their smart phone, they never listen to me even if I am telling something important.
So, My wish is to become a smart phone.
Gaurav was deeply moved to hear of this kids wish. How neglected he must be feeling! He wondered how his parents would be! “Who wrote this, Reema?”
“Our son”, she said.
Gadgets are beneficial, but they are for our ease, not to cease the love amongst family and loved ones.
Children see and feel everything what happens with & around them. Things get imprinted on their mind with an everlasting effect. Let’s take due care, so that they do not grow with any false impressions.