It was Saturday, October 25th and I was at the Mumbai airport trying to catch a flight to Raipur enroute to Rayagada. As I had a long day at work on Friday, I managed to hit the bed only at around 4.30 am. Inspite of this I managed to get up, pack my bags and leave by 11. Given the flight was going full thanks to Diwali I was at the airport almost 4 hours prior to flight departure.
Having skipped my breakfast I was feeling a bit hungry and walked into the Cafe Coffee Day outlet with the dual idea of having a bite and spending some time. Not surprisingly that place is very very expensive and strictly not recommended but then there are no options. After going through the menu I ordered a non-vegetarian club sandwich and a strawberry milk shake. While I waited for the stuff to arrive I browsed through the days newspapers and watched some TV. Looking around what caught my attention was a family of four sitting right in front of me. Husband, wife and 2 kids - a boy roughly 7-8 years old and a bespectacled girl 5-6 years old. They seem to have already ordered what they wanted. And while they were waiting for that to come the boy was speaking to his parents while the more bubbly girl was playing around with her brother and alone.
As I was getting restless with the delay in my order, I was zapped to see one of the CCD guys carrying a bottle of beer and 2 mugs to this family!!! As the kids looked on curiously he poured it into the mugs, the parents said cheers and had a swig. My eyes were parked on the kids...while the girl was still at her antics, the boy was curiously looking at both his parents, their mannerisms, the bottle, the mug, the swigs etc. I was just wondering that while his parents today are boasting of their liberal upbringing today, I don't think they will be too happy to see him ape these qualities when he is 17-18. As all others of that age he will probably start it without them knowing and by the time his parents come to know it may be probably too late. I hope somebody tells them that kids ape a lot of their parents mannerisms!!!
The parents am sure get lot of other opportunities to have a swig...they why in front of kids? All in the name of liberal upbringing!!!!
1 comment:
Partially agree. In this today's modern society kid will definitely come to face this kind of situation.. if not by parents..than through many other options.
What is important is the upbringing ..and the relation you share with them.
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