Blog #401

November 16, 2022

When I was away with my side hustles, one thing that I did was spent my time through scrolling Facebook pages. Mostly of the pages that I followed in Facebook are the earning pages and those inspirational pages where I can learn so many things. While scrolling up and down, a video of a Chinese school girl reasoning to his dad to have more play time other than studying.

This is what the daughter had been trying to tell to his father.

Daughter (she is already crying while asking a question from his dad) : Can you first answer my question? Is that okay? I just want to ask you one question. Could you please answer me? Respectfully I would like to ask you a question. I am treating you badly? Is there anything I'm doing wrong? No matter what it is, you can tell me. I will change. I cannot have no freedom. But I need my free time. I can't spend all my time studying. Inorder to study at all, I also need my rest. Do you understand? I've already finished my homework. I've gotten everything done, is there any reason why I cannot play? I've already finished my chores, what is the problem?

His father: You can play but not for too long.

Daughter: Do you think I've ever played until midnight?

His father: You've been a good girl lately.

Daughter: Lately? I've been a good girl every day.

His father: It'll be great if you can keep it up. I don't expect you to do much.

Daughter: Don't expect me to do much? Even a robot couldn't do it. Even if I had 8 hands, I couldn't do it. How about you try it? I tell you one last thing, please treasure our childhood days.

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Seeing the girl crying and asking his father for a freedom so she can have time to play saddened and at the same time pained me as a mom. This is one thing that I wouldn't want my children to experience. I want them to have the best childhood that they could ever have without pressuring them on what to do. They can play if they don't have class. Though I let them do small chores like fixing their beds and clothes in their cabinet and some other light works, I still see to it that they won't be pressured by doing those.

Just like us adults, childrens have also time wherein they aren't in the mood to move in the house or study. If this is the case, I just let them do what they want like drawing, writing or anything that they can have fun. Their enjoyment is what matters the most when they don't have school.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Children aren't children forever so while they are young, let us make our children enjoy their childhood. Let them do what they want without expecting and pressuring them much. Children aren't robots, if we are too strict with them, they will also be fed up with it so let them have their freedom. Freedom to play, to choose what they want to do but having us in their side to guide them.

This will be all for today! Happy Wednesday to all.

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