Parents and Children

Parents shower unconditional love on their children.

This is a cliché that does not become a trite saying. I recently experienced this thought about my father and mother. Parents always love spending money for their children.

I and Hidetaro Ito had a thought-provoking conversation about our respective parents.

Hidetaro is a graduate student. His parents were willing (actually wanted) to pay for his tuition. But, he declined any kind of financial support from them and paid from his own pocket. His mother was upset about this. She gifted him an iPod remote control knowing that he is an ardent iPod user. Since it is a gift, Hidetaro accepted the remote control. His mother was delighted.

My parents made huge sacrifices for me and my sister. Our parents reared and protected us from everything. We don’t know if they did it as a chore or out of love. But, they did it. My father earned day and night for the welfare of his children. He used to work hard, even on weekends, just to make our ends meet. I remember those days when, in spite of a busy schedule, he used walk me and my sister listening to our stupid babble and answering our innumerous number of “Why?”, “How?” type of questions. Parents enjoy spending all their earnings for the welfare of their children. They feel happy when the child succeeds. They put the children’s happiness above theirs.

Parents love decorating their children. They adorn their kids with all kinds of dresses and boast about their kids among their friends. And one fine day, the child grows up and declares independence declining everything their parents want to give. The parents are now distanced from the love of their life. They are forbidden from spending not only money but also time. The child does not have time to listen to his parents’ comments.

Hide argues that the parents feel sad for their inability to spend on their children, and I concur.