its been a while that i have been judging my parenting skill set and my kids ability to survive and be a better human being based on feed backs from everyone around…. well today i feel blessed and confident that my little one will grow up to be passionate, caring, loving and a true human in all sense…
here is what happened…. i teach in the same school my kid studies in. she has always seen me bring home loads of greetings and small little gifts that my students have been kind to get for me for teachers day ( its a day we celebrate in schools and other teaching institutes across India to appreciate the work our teachers put in throughout the year) in past. this year however she didnt seem so confident ( as i guess). post dinner when she was about to go to bed she came up to me and said she needed to make some greetings for her teachers, atleast two to take to school. I on other hand was not very thrilled as it was past her bed time and suggested her we will make a few over the weekend and she could give it to her teachers when the school opens.
and her immediate reaction was but i need to give you one tomorrow i am not sure whether you will get any this year since you dont teach alot of students in this school 😀
her concern that her mom might feel bad for not getting a greeting unlike other teachers who have been in that school for a while was overwhelming. at the age of 8 she wanted to protect her mom from feeling sad for not being in par with other teachers….
am glad that she has turned out exactly the way we had envisioned her to be…. passionate, loving, protective……