Yesterday my daughter cried for almost two hours without a break. I watched in amazement as she howled at the top of her voice. Reason? She claims that she has never ever won a game in Ludo. My first reaction was that of relief (oh, its nothing serious). I was tempted to play a game with her right there and then and to `somehow' ensure that she wins the game. Of course, I didnt do any such thing.
Oh the travails of growing up. I do wish at times that I could live her life with all my learnings of three and a half decade. I feel helpless and at times want to drill into her that things she thinks as critically important today will not be of any significance few years from now. It would be so nice if she didnt have to learn things the hard way. In retrospect, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble if I had listened to my parents and tried to take advantage of their learnings.
But it is funny because when I was growing up every time I had a fight with my parents, I would make a mental note that I will not make the same mistake with my children. This effectively meant that I will never ever have a generation gap with my children. And here we are today, with the signs of generation gap written all over.
So life has come a full circle and I am on the other side of the fence. She thinks I dont understand and I just hope that she will realise over a period of time that nobody understands it better than I do. Right now, I have to accept door banging and crying over a game of Ludo.
PS: We did play a game of Ludo today and she won without me making any "effort". Hopefully, the Ludo saga has come to an end.
Oh the travails of growing up. I do wish at times that I could live her life with all my learnings of three and a half decade. I feel helpless and at times want to drill into her that things she thinks as critically important today will not be of any significance few years from now. It would be so nice if she didnt have to learn things the hard way. In retrospect, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble if I had listened to my parents and tried to take advantage of their learnings.
But it is funny because when I was growing up every time I had a fight with my parents, I would make a mental note that I will not make the same mistake with my children. This effectively meant that I will never ever have a generation gap with my children. And here we are today, with the signs of generation gap written all over.
So life has come a full circle and I am on the other side of the fence. She thinks I dont understand and I just hope that she will realise over a period of time that nobody understands it better than I do. Right now, I have to accept door banging and crying over a game of Ludo.
PS: We did play a game of Ludo today and she won without me making any "effort". Hopefully, the Ludo saga has come to an end.
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I sure need all the luck...:)
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