"My mother says that she only feels safe when all three of her children are at her home sleeping in their childhood beds. I always teased her about it, not really understanding how frightened she must feel at the complete loss of control she has over her children’s lives."
So true.... We the new generation has unknowingly distanced parents... robbing them off all controls and rights,.... Kids these days so often scorn back or choose to remain silent and not answer queries let alone involve them in their activities/ thoughts...
I wonder that its more often that I 'Tell' my mom-dad about my decisions rather than seeking their opinions on matter, involving them in small-big things of life....
This wasnt so a couple of years back.... when everything was governed/ directed by them... At times it even felt suffocating .. but deep down, it was reassuring that the choices made by me were well-thought, decisions well supported and backed by experience.....Moving from the sheltered existence brings with itself the freedom.. something that every teenager looks forward too; and no doubt it definitely is needed to make you more self-independent ... but an over do of it has never done good to anyone....
The students/ young bunch of people now move around with that all-knowing attitude.... some might argue that they should be let to do their own mistakes and learn from it... its been always so, the difference in generations... each generation becoming much more relaxed, 'COOL' then the previous one... but still the morale of the story remains that we have indeed distanced ourselves in mind and in thinking from our elders; giving our brains and our wee little experience, much more importance than they actually deserve....... anyhow....
P.S. Just some random thoughts as I stare at the overpriced flight tickets which my dad had showed me 2 days back, telling me they have slashed prices suddenly and better book at once... I procrastinated saying that they would now remain so.... But alas, they are back and that too with double coefficient of restitution
