Thursday, March 19, 2015

Is Cruelty A Part of Parenting?!

A couple of days ago, while at work, happened to notice something cruel. 
 
A father and son duo walked into one of my company outlets to get some clarifications regarding a phone they had bought recently. It seemed the son, a boy of around 10 years, had forgotten to bring one of the components of the phone that was required for the demo. Immediately the father started scolding the kid. The words that he were using against his own son were something that you can hear only in the brawl between hooligans. Such an abuse! 
 
The poor little boy was looking sullen and ashamed in front of us. Finishing his abuse after a whole minute, the father stormed out to fetch the component. The child's face was a picture of shame and gloom. I couldn't even stand the boy's face. 
 
Is this the way to parent a child?! Won't that boy's self-respect and confidence be dented after such a verbal barrage, that too in front of utter strangers like us? Or will such children grow up feeling any semblance of compassion to care for their parents when they grow senile and dependent on them?

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